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How asylum chaos and militant farmers led to collapse of Dutch government

The Netherlands is bursting at the seams, so it was perhaps understandable that a row about migration precipitated the political crisis that brought down the most dominant Dutch politician of recent times last week.

But the forces that undermined Mark Rutte’s administration are broader than the cabinet disagreement about asylum restrictions which looks set to end his 13 years as prime minister. They encompass everything from agriculture and the environment to housing and infrastructure.

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