Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte will leave politics after election, marking end of a political era

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Published July 10, 2023 2:54 AM

By MIKE CORDER and RAF CASERT
Associated Press

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte says he plans to leave politics after a general election sparked by his government’s resignation. Rutte announced his decision at a hastily arranged parliamentary debate on Monday. He says he will “not be available again” as leader of the conservative People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy, or VVD, and will move on from politics once a new Cabinet takes office. Rutte’s four-party ruling coalition resigned Friday after failing to agree on a package of measures to rein in migration. No date has yet been set for the election.

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