Dutch prime minister says he will leave politics after next election

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte , the Netherlands’ longest serving premier, said Monday he will leave politics after a general election sparked by his government’s resignation. Rutte, the leader of the conservative People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy, or VVD, announced his decision at a hastily arranged parliamentary debate. ‘Yesterday morning I made a decision that I will not be available again as a leader of the VVD. When a new Cabinet takes office after the elections, I will leave politics,’ he said. Rutte’s four-party ruling coalition resigned Friday after failing to agree on a package of measures to rein in migration. No date has yet been set for the election.