New Dutch leader pledges to cut immigration; opposition vows to root out racists

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New Dutch leader pledges to cut immigration; opposition vows to root out racists
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Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof is pledging to work hard at cutting immigration, one of his new goverment’s main aims

Prime Minister Dick Schoof arrives for a cabinet meeting of the new government in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday, July 2, 2024. The Netherlands has a different prime minister for the first time in 14 years as Dutch King Willem-Alexander swore in the country’s new government Tuesday, more than seven months after elections dominated by a far-right, anti-Islam party.

and took 223 days to form a four-party government. Opposition from other coalition partners prevented the controversial Wilders from taking the prime minister’s job. “Migration puts too much pressure on social services and social cohesion. The asylum and migration figures are high and so is the pressure on society,” Schoof told the Dutch lawmakers.

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