Prime Minister has resigned!

BY A STAFF REPORTER: After days of conflict and the collapse of the ruling coalition, after partners failed to agree on a hard-line asylum policy, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte submitted his resignation friday night. The decision by the Netherlands' longest-serving prime minister means the country is ready to hold general elections for the 150-seat lower house of parliament later this year.

The outgoing prime minister offered to king Willem-Alexander the resignation of him and all ministers and secretaries of state. He is expected to meet the king on Saturday and explain why the move was taken.

"It's no secret that coalition partners have different perspectives on immigration policy," Root said. And today, unfortunately, we have to conclude that these differences are inconsistent. For this reason, I have immediately, in writing, proposed to the King the resignation of the entire cabinet. '