The Dutch prime minister Dick Schoof’s rightwing government averted a crisis on Friday when a junior minister resigned over alleged racist comments by cabinet colleagues, but the coalition government will remain in place. The deputy finance minister, Nora Achahbar, handed in her resignation late on Friday as the Netherlands grapples with the political fallout of last week’s attacks on Israeli football fans. Her departure prompted speculation that other members of NSC party – a junior partner in the four-party Dutch coalition government – would follow suit. But late Friday, Schoof told journalists at a press conference that party leaders decided
