Balkenende stresses ‘unique’ situation

The cabinet acted in the best interests of the country in working out the compromise to deal with the Verdonk crisis, prime minister Jan Peter Balkenende told MPs this afternoon. The situation was unique and needed special measures, he said, stressing that the cabinet was united.

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