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Prime Minister Mark Rutte (Picture: Wikimedia Commons/Sebastiaan ter Burg)
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Prime Minister Mark Rutte (Picture: Wikimedia Commons/Sebastiaan ter Burg)
Thursday, 7 September 2017 - 09:28
New cabinet to include Ministers of Immigration, Climate, Agriculture
The new Dutch cabinet - Rutte III - will have three more Ministers than the current one, according to the Telegraaf. That will bring the total number of Ministers up to 16.
According to the newspapers, the new Ministers will be for Immigration and Integration, Climate Affairs, and Agriculture. Exactly what these portfolios will hold, is still being negotiated in the formation talks between the VVD, CDA, D66 and ChristenUnie.
In the new cabinet, the VVD will have six ministers, the CDA and D66 will each have four and the ChristenUnie will have two, according to the Telegraaf.
