Announcement from longest-serving premier of Netherlands comes after his government resigned on Friday
“Yesterday morning I made the decision that I will not again be available as leader of the VVD. Once the new cabinet is formed after the elections, I will leave politics.”
Mr Rutte’s decision will mark the end of his run as the longest serving government leader in Dutch history. He took over as prime minister in October 2010. Mr Rutte will stay on as leader of a caretaker government until a new administration is formed after the next elections, a process that in the fractured Dutch political landscape usually takes months.
He said the coalition government’s resignation was a unanimous decision by the four partner parties, prompted by “irreconcilable differences”. There is no immediate indication of who might replace Mr Rutte as leader of the VVD. The party’s parliamentary faction is led by Sophie Hermans, Mr Rutte’s former political assistant.
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