A resident, from a village where neighborhood watches patrol the streets, turned to Rutte demanding: “Stand up for your citizenry, man. Take action!”
Discontent within the ranks of the Dutch conservative-liberal VVD (Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie) has gone well beyond murmurings.
The Netherlands’ largest party is contending with members who openly challenge its leader, Prime Minister Mark Rutte, for diddling on the delivery of a more firm and robust immigration policy.
During a conference organized by the VVD for its members on Saturday, June 3rd in Apeldoorn, Rutte answered pointed questions about his promise, made at the party’s last conference in November, to do more to curtail the high influx of migrants.
