Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has resigned after the dramatic collapse of his coalition government.
Leaders of the four party coalition had been locked in late night meetings on Wednesday and Thursday in an attempt to strike a deal over migration policy.
However, Mr Rutte, who is the country's longest-serving premier, announced that the differences between the coalition partners were"irreconcilable". "That is why I will immediately… offer the resignation of the entire cabinet to the king in writing," he told reports in The Hague on Friday night."And today, unfortunately, we have to draw the conclusion that those differences are irreconcilable."
Mr Rutte and his government will remain in office in a caretaker capacity until a new ruling coalition is chosen - though opposition parties have called for immediate elections.
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