Third Rutte cabinet

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Third Rutte cabinet
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70th cabinet of the Netherlands
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Date formed26 October 2017 (2017-10-26)
Date dissolved10 January 2022 (2022-01-10)
4 years, 76 days in office
(Demissionary from 15 January 2021 (2021-01-15))
People and organisations
Monarch Willem-Alexander
Prime Minister Mark Rutte
Deputy Prime Minister Hugo de Jonge
Kajsa Ollongren
Carola Schouten
Total no. of members16
Member party People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD)
Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA)
Democrats 66 (D66)
Christian Union (CU)
Status in legislature Centre to centre-right coalition government
History
Election(s) 2017 election
Outgoing election 2021 election
Legislature term(s) 2017–2021
Incoming formation 2017 formation
Outgoing formation 2021–2022 formation
Predecessor Second Rutte cabinet
Successor Fourth Rutte cabinet

The third Rutte cabinet was the cabinet of the Netherlands from 26 October 2017 until 10 January 2022 (since 15 January 2021 demissionary). It was formed by a coalition government of the political parties People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA), Democrats 66 (D66) and Christian Union (CU) after the general election of 2017.

Contents

The cabinet served during the late 2010s and the start of the 2020s. Notable issues during the third Rutte cabinet included the childcare allowance affair (Dutch : toeslagenaffaire), the farmers' protests and the COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands. The cabinet fell on 15 January 2021 as a response to a critical report about the childcare allowance affair. [1]

Formation

The 2017 general election resulted in a House of Representatives where at least four parties would be required to form a coalition with a majority (76 seats). Media sources speculated that incumbent Prime Minister Mark Rutte of the VVD would seek to form a government with the support of the centre-right CDA and liberal D66. The CU was thought to be the most likely candidate to be the fourth member of the coalition. [2] Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport, Edith Schippers, was selected by the VVD to serve as the party's informateur on 16 March and appointed by Speaker of the House Khadija Arib, seeking to determine whether Jesse Klaver of GroenLinks (GL) solely desired a left-wing government, or instead simply viewed the VVD as an unlikely coalition partner. Similarly, talks with Emile Roemer of the Socialist Party (SP), who repeatedly stated during the campaign that his party would not govern with the VVD, remained a possibility. [3]

The leaders of D66, the CDA, the PvdA, the VVD, the SP, GL and the CU stated that they would not enter a coalition with the PVV; [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] Roemer also said that the SP would not join a coalition with the VVD. [11]

The first proposed coalition was one involving the VVD-CDA-D66 and GL. This was the preferred coalition of Alexander Pechtold, Lodewijk Asscher and Gert-Jan Segers, while Jesse Klaver continued to argue that the major policy differences between GL and the VVD would make a coalition difficult. [12] Nevertheless, the four parties began more serious negotiations toward a coalition agreement. The Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS) reported that "labour market reform, investment in law enforcement and additional money for nursing homes" would be areas of agreement between the parties, while "refugee policy, income distribution, climate and medical ethics issues are potential stumbling blocks". [13]

On 15 May, talks on the proposed four-way VVD-CDA-D66-GL coalition failed. It was reported that the main dispute concerned immigration, but GL Leader Jesse Klaver cited climate issues and income differences as other issues where the parties disagreed. The end of the talks was reported to be a consensus decision, with no party blaming any others. [14] [15]

Coalition talks were reported to be at an impasse, with the VVD and CDA favouring a coalition with the CU, D66 favouring a coalition with either the PvdA or the SP, the SP being absolutely opposed to a coalition with the VVD, the CDA being opposed to a coalition without the VVD, the PvdA rejecting any coalition, and all parties with more than five seats rejecting a coalition with the PVV. D66 said that it would consider a coalition with the CU very difficult due to disagreements on medical-ethical issues such as doctor-assisted suicide, due to the lack of representation of the political left within that coalition, and due to the small majority of one seat in both chambers, which could make for an unstable coalition. [16] [17]

In late June 2017, discussions began again between the VVD, D66, the CDA and the CU under the lead of new informateur Herman Tjeenk Willink. After a three-week summer break, talks resumed on 9 August 2017, and were reported to be close to a conclusion due to representatives of unions and employers' organizations joining the discussions, which typically happens near the end of such negotiations. [18] [19] In September 2017, a budget deal compromise was reached allowing the coalition talks to continue. While still 'close to conclusion', it appeared likely that the talks about government formation would exceed the record since World War II of 208 days set in 1977. [20] After 208 days of negotiations, the VVD, D66, CDA and CU agreed to a coalition under a third informateur, Gerrit Zalm, [21] [22] [23] and all members of the House of Representatives of the involved parties approved the agreement on 9 October 2017. [24] On 26 October the new cabinet was formally installed, 225 days after the elections, setting a record for the longest cabinet formation in Dutch history.

On 7 October 2019, the government lost its majority when Wybren van Haga, after being expelled from Rutte's VVD party for allegedly renovating a building he owned without the necessary permits, decided to sit as an Independent. Had he resigned, another member on the VVD electoral party list would have replaced him, maintaining Rutte's parliamentary majority of one. According to Politico EU , Van Haga wrote he would vote with the government on established coalition policy, but would make his own decisions on future laws. [25]

Policy

Government

The Third Rutte cabinet repealed the Referendum Act passed in 2015, although that proposal was written in none of the coalition parties' election platforms. It stated the law had not delivered what was expected; results from the 2016 Ukraine–European Union Association Agreement referendum and 2018 Intelligence and Security Services Act referendum have been going against government proposals. The cabinet also deconstitutionalised the method of appointment of mayors and King's commissioners, thus allowing the method to be changed by law. [26]

Finance

The cabinet plans to simplify income tax, reducing the number of tax brackets to two. Income below 68,600 would be taxed at 36.9% and income from 68,600 onward at 49.5%. There are also plans to increase the lower VAT rate from 6 to 9%. [26] A plan to abolish dividend tax proved so controversial that it was discarded in October 2018. [27] Instead, the cabinet will now lower corporation tax more than was initially planned; the higher rate will be lowered from 25 to 20.5%, and the lower rate from 20 to 15%. [26]

Justice

In judicial matters, the cabinet intends to end the automatic conditional release of prisoners after two thirds of their sentence and to shorten asylum permits from five to three years, after which refugees can request an extension of another two years. [26]

Labour

The cabinet intends to reform the labour market and pension system. Laws around the termination of employment will be relaxed, while paid sick leave will be shortened. The cabinet initially planned to allow employers to pay handicapped people below the minimum wage, which would then be supplemented by local government. However, this proposal was later retracted. [26]

Environment

The cabinet pledged to ban the sale of non-emission-free cars by 2030. There are also plans to introduce a flight tax by 2021. [26] In March 2018, the cabinet also pledged to end gas extraction from the Groningen gas field within twelve years. [28]

Composition

Ministers in the third Rutte cabinet
TitleMinisterTerm of officeParty
StartEnd
Prime Minister and Minister of General Affairs Mark Rutte 2015 (1) (cropped).jpg Mark Rutte 14 October 2010 [lower-roman 1] Incumbent VVD
First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport Hugo de Jonge, EPP Summit 2019.jpg Hugo de Jonge 26 October 201710 January 2022 CDA
Second Deputy Prime Minister 220107Kajsa Ollongren44 (cropped).jpg Kajsa Ollongren 26 October 20171 November 2019 [lower-roman 2] D66
Wouter-Koolmees (cropped).jpg Wouter Koolmees (acting)1 November 201914 May 2020
220107Kajsa Ollongren44 (cropped).jpg Kajsa Ollongren 14 May 202010 January 2022
Third Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality Vicepremier Carola Schouten (cropped).jpg Carola Schouten 26 October 201710 January 2022 CU
Minister of Foreign Affairs Halbe Zijlstra 2017 (1).jpg Halbe Zijlstra 26 October 201713 February 2018 [lower-roman 3] VVD
Portretfoto Sigrid Kaag 2018 01 (crop).jpg Sigrid Kaag (ad interim)13 February 20187 March 2018 D66
Portretfoto's Stef Blok - 40983747542.jpg Stef Blok 7 March 201825 May 2021 [lower-roman 4] VVD
Portretfoto Sigrid Kaag 2018 01 (crop).jpg Sigrid Kaag 25 May 202117 September 2021 [lower-roman 3] D66
Tom de Bruijn, 2021.jpg Tom de Bruijn (ad interim)17 September 202124 September 2021
Ben Knapen, 2021.jpg Ben Knapen 24 September 202110 January 2022 CDA
Minister of Justice and Security Ferdinand Grapperhaus (2018).jpg Ferd Grapperhaus 26 October 201710 January 2022 CDA
Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations 220107Kajsa Ollongren44 (cropped).jpg Kajsa Ollongren 26 October 20171 November 2019 [lower-roman 2] D66
Uitreiking Stuiveling Open Data Award (SODA) (45117150741) (cropped) 2.jpg Raymond Knops (acting)1 November 201914 April 2020 CDA
220107Kajsa Ollongren44 (cropped).jpg Kajsa Ollongren 14 April 202010 January 2022 D66
Minister of Education, Culture and Science Ingrid van Engelshoven (cropped).jpg Ingrid van Engelshoven 26 October 201710 January 2022 D66
Minister of Finance Wopke Hoekstra op bezoek op het ROC Mondriaan 02 (cropped).jpg Wopke Hoekstra 26 October 201710 January 2022 CDA
Minister of Defence Ank Bijleveld, 2019.jpg Ank Bijleveld 26 October 201717 September 2021 [lower-roman 3] CDA
Ferdinand Grapperhaus (2018).jpg Ferd Grapperhaus (ad interim)17 September 202124 September 2021
Henk Kamp 2011 (1).jpg Henk Kamp 24 September 202110 January 2022 VVD
Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management Cora van Nieuwenhuizen, GES The Hague 2019 (cropped).jpg Cora van Nieuwenhuizen 26 October 201731 August 2021 [lower-roman 3] VVD
Barbara Visser 2012 (1).jpg Barbara Visser 31 August 202110 January 2022
Minister of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy Eric Wiebes 2015 (1).jpg Eric Wiebes 26 October 201715 January 2021 [lower-roman 3] VVD
Cora van Nieuwenhuizen, GES The Hague 2019 (cropped).jpg Cora van Nieuwenhuizen (ad interim)15 January 202120 January 2021
BasvantWout2017.jpg Bas van 't Wout 20 January 202125 May 2021 [lower-roman 3]
Portretfoto's Stef Blok - 40983747542.jpg Stef Blok 25 May 202110 January 2022
Minister of Social Affairs and Employment Wouter-Koolmees (cropped).jpg Wouter Koolmees 26 October 201710 January 2022 D66
Ministers without portfolio in the third Rutte cabinet
MinistryTitleMinisterTerm of officeParty
StartEnd
Foreign Affairs Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation Portretfoto Sigrid Kaag 2018 01 (crop).jpg Sigrid Kaag 26 October 201710 August 2021 [lower-roman 5] D66
Tom de Bruijn, 2021.jpg Tom de Bruijn 10 August 202110 January 2022
Justice and Security Minister for Legal Protection Sander Dekker 2015 (1).jpg Sander Dekker 26 October 201710 January 2022 VVD
Education, Culture and Science Minister for Primary and Secondary Education and Media Minister Arie Slob (cropped).jpg Arie Slob 26 October 201710 January 2022 CU
Health, Welfare and Sport Minister for Medical Care and Sport Bruno Bruins, 2018.jpg Bruno Bruins 26 October 201719 March 2020 [lower-roman 3] VVD
Martin van Rijn 2015 (1).jpg Martin van Rijn (ad interim)23 March 20209 July 2020 Ind. [lower-roman 6]
Tamara van Ark 2018 (1).jpg Tamara van Ark 9 July 20203 September 2021 [lower-roman 3] VVD
Interior and Kingdom Relations Minister for the General Intelligence and Security Service Ank Bijleveld, 2019.jpg Ank Bijleveld (acting) [lower-roman 7] 1 November 201914 April 2020 CDA
Minister for the Environment and Housing Stientje van Veldhoven, MVO 2017.jpg Stientje van Veldhoven (acting) [lower-roman 7] 1 November 201914 April 2020 D66
State secretaries in the third Rutte cabinet
TitlePortfolioState secretaryTerm of officeParty
StartEnd
State Secretary for Justice and Security [lower-roman 8]
  • Integration
  • Immigration
  • Asylum Affairs
  • Minority Affairs
Mark Harbers 2020 (cropped).jpg Mark Harbers 26 October 201721 May 2019 [lower-roman 3] VVD
Ankie Broekers-Knol Senate of Poland (cropped).jpg Ankie Broekers-Knol 11 July 201910 January 2022
State Secretary for the Interior and Kingdom Relations
  • Privatisation Policy
  • Government Real Estate
  • Kingdom Relations
Uitreiking Stuiveling Open Data Award (SODA) (45117150741) (cropped) 2.jpg Raymond Knops 26 October 20171 November 2019 [lower-roman 9] CDA
14 April 202010 January 2022
State Secretary for Finance
  • Fiscal Affairs
  • Tax Administration
  • National Mint
  • Gambling Policy
Menno Snel 2018 (1).jpg Menno Snel 26 October 201718 December 2019 [lower-roman 3] D66
220107Hans Vijlbrief05 (cropped).jpg Hans Vijlbrief 29 January 202010 January 2022
  • Benefits
  • Customs Administration
220107Alexandra van Huffelen34 (cropped).jpg Alexandra van Huffelen 29 January 202010 January 2022
State Secretary for Defence
  • Personnel Affairs
  • Equipment Policy
  • Special Ops Policy
Barbara Visser 2012 (1).jpg Barbara Visser 26 October 201731 August 2021 [lower-roman 10] VVD
State Secretary for Infrastructure and Water Management
  • Environmental Policy
  • Public Transport
  • Rail Infrastructure
  • Meteorological Institute
Stientje van Veldhoven, MVO 2017.jpg Stientje van Veldhoven 26 October 20171 November 2019 [lower-roman 11] D66
14 April 202019 July 2021 [lower-roman 3]
Steven van Weyenberg (cropped).jpg Steven van Weyenberg 10 August 202110 January 2022
State Secretary for Economic Affairs and Climate Policy
  • Small Business Policy
  • Regional Development
  • Digital Infrastructure
  • Tourism Affairs
MonaKeijzer2017 (cropped).jpg Mona Keijzer 26 October 201725 September 2021 [lower-roman 12] CDA
  • Climate Policy
  • Energy Policy
Dilan Yesilgoz-Zegerius, November 2022.jpg Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius 25 May 202110 January 2022 VVD
State Secretary for Social Affairs and Employment
  • Social Security
  • Youth Policy
  • Poverty Alleviation
  • Unemployment Affairs
  • Equality
  • Emancipation
Tamara van Ark 2018 (1).jpg Tamara van Ark 26 October 20179 July 2020 [lower-roman 13] VVD
BasvantWout2017.jpg Bas van 't Wout 9 July 202020 January 2021 [lower-roman 14]
Dennis Wiersma over Leren voor het Examen, 2022 (cropped).png Dennis Wiersma 10 August 202110 January 2022
State Secretary for Health, Welfare and Sport
  • Elderly Policy
  • Disability Affairs
  • Veteran Affairs
Paul Blokhuis (2017) (cropped).jpg Paul Blokhuis 26 October 201710 January 2022 CU
  1. Retained this position from the previous cabinet.
  2. 1 2 Kajsa Ollongren took an extended medical leave of absence on 1 November 2019.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Resigned from this position.
  4. Stef Blok was appointed Minister of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy.
  5. Sigrid Kaag was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs on 25 May 2021, and was replaced as Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation by Tom de Bruijn on 10 August 2021.
  6. Martin van Rijn is a member of the Labour Party, but joined the cabinet independently as Minister for Medical Care (ad interim).
  7. 1 2 Served in an acting capacity due to the medical leave of absence of Kajsa Ollongren.
  8. Allowed to use the title "Minister for Migration" while on foreign business.
  9. Raymond Knops was appointed Minister for the Interior and Kingdom Relations (acting).
  10. Barbara Visser was appointed Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management.
  11. Stientje van Veldhoven was appointed Minister for the Environment and Housing (acting).
  12. Mona Keijzer was dismissed as State Secretary for Economic Affairs and Climate Policy on 25 September 2021.
  13. Tamara van Ark was appointed Minister for Medical Care.
  14. Bas van 't Wout was appointed Minister of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy.

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