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Minister quits over cuts

NZPA-Reuter The Hague The Dutch Cabinet failed yesterday to patch up a serious row over public spending cuts which has led the Finance Minister (Mr Frans Andriessen) to offer his resignation. Queen Juliana, cutting short a winter sports holiday in Austria because of the crisis, would fly home today, a Government spokesman said. The Centre-Right Cabinet ended a five-hour emergency session just before 1 a.m. (local time) without reaching agreement, he said. Mr Andriessen tendered his resignation after opposing a Cabinet decision to slash Government spending by a reported three billion guilders ($1570 million), political sources said. The Deputy Prime Minister (Mr Hans Wiegel) has said the resignation of one

• Cabinet Minister could mean 1 the collapse of the whole ’ Government. 1 Informed sources said the t future of the Social Affairs • Minister (Mr Willem Albeda) ‘ also hung in the balance r over the proposed cuts. Mr " Albeda had backed Mr Ani driessen’s protest against the , Cabinet decision, taken two ’ days ago. : The Prime Minister (Mr ‘ Andreas van Agt) confirmed ' that Mr Andriessen had ten- , dered his resignation, and j said he had cancelled a visit i to the United States next n week because of domestic political uncertainties.

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Press, 22 February 1980, Page 6

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Minister quits over cuts Press, 22 February 1980, Page 6

Minister quits over cuts Press, 22 February 1980, Page 6

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