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Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s Government quits over tax subsidy scandal
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s and his entire cabinet have resigned, accepting responsibility for wrongful accusations of fraud by the national tax authorities that drove thousands of families to financial ruin, often on the basis of ethnicity.
Key points:
- Many families were targeted based on their ethnic origin or dual nationalities, the tax office said
- Around 10,000 families had been forced to repay tens of thousands of euros each
- The crisis comes in the midst of the Netherland’s toughest lockdown due to COVID-19
The cabinet would remain in place for now in a caretaker capacity to manage the coronavirus crisis, Mr Rutte said.
He then rode his bike to King Willem-Alexander’s 17th century baroque Huis Ten Bosch Palace in The Hague to…
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