...again, for the 4th time in a row
seems our prime minister simply cannot keep our cabinet together for four years, it's his 4th time in office, each time ended with a collapse of the government.
(4 times in less than 8 years - averages 2 years per government
)
Reason this time was whether our troops should be withdrawn from Afghanistan or not. Two years ago it was already decided our troops would leave end 2010. The NATO didn't like that however so they asked us to stay longer. The Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) of our Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende finds our little NATO friends more important than his promises to the Dutch People, so suddenly he changes his mind and says with his prettiest smile "hey, let's stay in Afghanistan a little longer!"
The Labour Party (PvdA) of minister of finances Wouter Bos didn't quite agree with that and wanted to keep their promises with the Dutch People.
Eventually neither party could come to an agreement with the other, so after 15 hours of debating this morning our cabinet collapsed.
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSLDE61J02H20100220