Dutch government resigns over child welfare scandal

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Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte and his entire Cabinet have resigned because of a scandal involving investigations into child welfare payments that wrongly labeled thousands of parents as fraudsters.

FILE- In this Thursday, Oct. 26, 2017, file photo, Prime Minister Mark Rute, center left, and Dutch King Willem-Alexander, center, pose with the ministers for the official photo of the new Dutch government on the steps of Royal Palace Noordeinde in The Hague, Netherlands. The Dutch Cabinet was meeting Friday Jan. 15, 2021, amid strong speculation that Prime Minister Mark Rutte's government will resign to take political responsibility for a scandal involving child benefit investigations.

“We are of one mind that if the whole system has failed, we all must take responsibility, and that has led to the conclusion that I have just offered the king, the resignation of the entire Cabinet,” Rutte said. The Netherlands is the third European country thrown into political uncertainty this week in the midst of the coronavirus crisis. In Estonia, the government resigned over a corruption scandal, while Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte’s governing coalition is at risk of collapse after a small partner party withdrew its support.Rutte said earlier this week that his government would be able to keep taking tough policy decisions in the battle against the coronavirus even if it were in caretaker mode.

 

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Penbedw GOP this is integrity. Do you have any?

Maybe let the world know that despite promises of money before Xmas, the parents haven't seen one cent and their income is still reduced 'to pay their debt'. Kids lived in poverty for up to 11 years and have missed their opportunity for a decent life.

You forgot to mention the racial profiling aspect

It is not the government controlling The Netherlands anymore: undemocratic globalist sellouts!

It seems Dutch has a word called 'accountability'. Good for them.

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Any praise for stepping down is misplaced. There are elections in March, they'll get re-elected and now they don't have to take responsibility for the scandal. Also, those families were targeted because of racial profiling. The scandal is much bigger than reported.

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Looks like the world is tired of these people that are running our countries.

Must be nice. Our government can carry out domestic terrorism and the gop/Republicans enable it.

They should fix them before they resign..

قدم رئيس_وزراء_هولندا مارك_روته وحكومته بكامل وزرائها بالكامل استقالتهم الي ملك_هولندا بسبب فضيحة تتعلق بالتحقيقات في مدفوعات رعاية_الأطفال التي وصفت بشكل خاطئ آلاف الآباء والأمهات ب 'المحتالين'.

IMHO when you use someone’s intellectual property in the wrong way and harm others you are in the wrong.

If Trump couldn't look anymore foolish

If only the Dutch were running America for the last 4 years.

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