In a surprising series of developments out of the Netherlands, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has announced his resignation from office after 13 years serving in the role, as the Washington Examiner reports, with the full Cabinet also stepping down.

The collapse of the country's four-party coalition government is being blamed on a stalemate regarding how best to address the increasingly unmanageable influx of migrants witnessed in recent years.

Governmental discord cited

Speaking to the press about the impasse that has crippled his country's government, Rutte said, “It is no secret that the coalition partners have very different views on migration policy.”

Rutte continued, “And today, unfortunately, we have to draw the conclusion that those differences are irreconcilable. That is why I will immediately offer the resignation of the entire Cabinet to the King in writing.”

Notably, however, as the Dail Mail pointed out, Rutte did not leave his position as the leader of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy, a post he has held since 2006.

Thus, it is widely believed that he will continue to lead his party as the country moves toward the next election cycle, and Rutte has confirmed that he will remain in office in a caretaker capacity until a new coalition emerges.

Migrant surge yields rifts

As the New York Post notes, asylum seekers in the Netherlands are expected to surpass 70,000 this year alone, a record-setting volume that has become untenable in terms of its impact on the country's resources.

The number of arrivals last year resulted in overcrowded facilities and strained infrastructure, which in turn forced many migrants to sleep outdoors in hazardous conditions.

International humanitarian aid organizations started taking an interest in the deteriorating situation for asylum seekers, causing Rutte at the time to declare himself “ashamed” by the situation.

As a result of rising internal discontent and debate over the appropriate response to the migrant surge, opposition voices such as that of immigration foe Geert Wilders as well as – on the other end of the spectrum – that of Green Left chief Jesse Klaver have gained groundswells of support, fraying the current coalition to an unsurvivable degree.

“A massive opportunity”

Reuters reported that Rutte planned to update King Willem Alexander with an update on the situation on Saturday, and the two were set to discuss the interim government likely to hold sway until elections can be undertaken – a process likely to take months to complete.

While some are optimistic about the possibility of a real leadership overhaul, conservative political commentator Eva Vlaardingerbroek has expressed a good degree of skepticism about what may actually be afoot.

Vlaardingerbroek took to Twitter and delivered her thoughts on the subject, saying, “After 10+ years of Mark Rutte's globalist destruction policies, we now have a real chance of getting our country back,” but she added, “[f]rom what I can tell about the situation now, I think the actual fall of the cabinet itself is all for show. The 'disagreement' about immigration that they're mentioning as the deciding factor is not the real issue, because all government parties are in favour of more mass immigration, including Mark Rutte's VVD.”

The outspoken pundit went on to counsel the electorate to remain wary of Rutte's motivations, saying, “[i]f the Dutch people stop falling for his lies and get rid of him and his globalist policies once and for all, we can actually turn things around, stop the expropriation of our farmers, push back on immigration, and take back our national sovereignty from organizations like the EU and the WEF. In other words, this is a massive opportunity for us...[w]e will not get a second chance.” Whether her countrymen and women heed those words, only time will tell.