Published: 15:18, November 16, 2024
Dutch government crisis defused, prime minister says
By Reuters
Netherlands' Prime minister Dick Schoof talks during a press conference at the Catshuis residence in The Hague, Netherlands, Nov 15, 2024, for crisis talks after the government's controversial assessment of last week's violence before and after the soccer match between Ajax Amsterdam and Maccabi Tel Aviv. (PHOTO / AP) 

AMSTERDAM - A government crisis in the Netherlands was avoided in a tense emergency meeting on Friday, as a cabinet member resigned over the government's handling of violence involving fans of an Israeli soccer team in Amsterdam last week.

Nora Achahbar unexpectedly quit on Friday as junior finance minister, triggering an emergency meeting in which other cabinet members of her centrist NSC party also threatened to quit.

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Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof late on Friday said his cabinet had reached an agreement, resulting in only the resignation of Achahbar but not of others.