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Dutch government collapses
By Lucas van Grinsven and Nicola LeskeFri Jun 30, 5:11 AM ET
The collapse of the Dutch center-right government over immigration policy will lead to an opposition Labour victory in early elections likely to be held in a few months, an opinion poll showed on Friday.
Dutch prime minister Jan Peter Balkenende is set to hand in his government's resignation to Queen Beatrix on Friday, after a small party in his ruling coalition quit over the handling of the citizenship of a Somali-born Dutch lawmaker.
Before new elections expected as early as September or October, a minority government based on the two remaining parties in Balkenende's coalition was expected to rule, with the help of rightwing parties.
But Labour is set to grab 44 of the 150 parliamentary seats in the expected autumn elections, according to opinion polls.
This would be well ahead of either party in Balkenende's remaining coalition, the VVD and CDA, which would win up to 33 seats and 38 seats respectively, according to opinion polls if elections were held now.
But the polls show that it would be uncertain whether Labour could build a majority coalition of leftwing parties.
"Current polls show that we could have a left wing government after new elections, although it will be a close call," said economist Aline Schuiling at Fortis, adding that Labour could possibly govern with smaller leftist parties.
If Labour linked up with the Green Left and the Socialist Party, the three would not have a majority right now, needing another five to 10 seats.
The opinion polls show that Balkenende's former junior coalition D66 party, which caused the government's collapse, will be reduced to three seats from six.
SWING TO LEFT
In local elections three months ago, Dutch voters backed leftwing parties, rejecting anti-immigration populists and ruling center-right parties blamed for an economic slump.
Elections were not normally scheduled until May 2007 and the third collapse of a government since 2002 came amid rising public concerns over immigration and security. Such concerns helped Balkenende's center-right government take power, albeit through a fragile coalition, in 2003.
Balkenende's government has prided itself on tough restructuring of the welfare state and had planned a series of windfalls for its citizens in its last year in power. Early elections may make it unable to reap enough benefit.
"This was supposed to be the harvest year for this coalition government. The economy has just started to recover and CDA and VVD are slowly regaining lost ground in the polls," daily broadsheet De Volkskrant said.
In recent polls by Interview NSS/NOVA and Peil.nl Balkenende's Christian Democrats would lose six to nine of their 44 seats, and the D66 half its seats, while the VVD Liberals would gain three to five seats if elections were held now.
Labour's likely closest allies, the Socialists and Green Left, would also stand to gain.
The trigger for the government collapse was Immigration Minister Rita Verdonk's threat to revoke the Dutch citizenship of Ayaan Hirsi Ali after the popular politician admitted to lying about her name, age and refugee status on her arrival in the Netherlands in 1992.
Verdonk withdrew the threat after Hirsi Ali submitted a statement saying she had not intended to lie to authorities and that her chosen name, Hirsi Ali, was valid because it was taken from her grandfather according to Somali customs.
D66 pulled the plug on the ruling coalition at the end of a two-day debate saying Verdonk's policies and actions went beyond the limits of public credibility.
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