Interior Minister Liesbeth Spies says the burqa ban she helped prepare can be scrapped along with a proposed ban on holding dual citizenship.
Now that the cabinet has fallen, she “wouldn’t shed a tear” if parliament were to scrap the controversial Freedom Party-sponsored bill. “Now the cabinet has fallen, there’s no longer any payoff,” she told national daily de Volkskrant on Wednesday.
Ms Spies has announced her candidacy for the leadership of the Christian democratic CDA. So far, four people have announced they will stand in the election; Sybrand van Haersma Buma, Harry Wesselink and Marcel Wintels are also eager to take on the job.