Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said on Monday that he will not participate in the upcoming general elections, effectively ending his 17-year-long political career.

Mark Rutte, longest serving PM of Netherlands, calls it quits after govt collapse

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte's coalition government collapsed Friday over "insurmountable" differences among the alliance partners on how to tackle migration, with elections expected in November.

Dutch PM Mark Rutte resigns as coalition talks over policy to check migration fail

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte is due to meet King Willem-Alexander on Saturday (July 8) following his resignation, late Friday, after 13 years in power as his coalition government failed to reach a consensus on migration policy.

Longest-serving Dutch PM Mark Rutte resigns after talks on migration fail, to update king on govt collapse

As Ukraine is all set to mark one-year anniversary of Russia's invasion, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte landed in Kyiv on Friday to hold talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Dutch PM visits Kyiv, meets Zelensky as Russia-Ukraine war nears one-year mark

The United States should not expect the Netherlands to follow its approach on China export restrictions, said a Dutch official on Friday, during an interview. These remarks were the first by the Netherlands on the issue as the United States President Joe Biden’s administration has been pushing for a multilateral agreement to impose restrictions on China which reportedly aims to keep advanced chip technologies away from Beijing and its military.

Dutch minister says Netherlands ‘will not copy’ US curbs on Chinese chip exports