Dutch Prime Minister Schoof steps down after Wilders quits coalition


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  • Tuesday, 03 Jun 2025

FILE PHOTO: Former Dutch intelligence chief Dick Schoof looks on at a press conference as he is presented as the proposed prime minister of the Netherlands, in The Hague, Netherlands, May 28, 2024. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw/File Photo

THE HAGUE (Reuters) -Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof on Tuesday said he would step down, several hours after anti-Muslim populist Geert Wilders, leader of the largest government party, had quit the right-wing coalition.

(Reporting by Bart Meijer, Editing by Charlotte Van Campenhout)

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