Rutte offers himself ‘6, possibly 6.5’ in NOS Jeugdjournaal

The outgoing Prime Minister Rutte considers himself with an nearly adequate mark. “A 6, possibly a 6.5,” he says in a single farewell interview with the NOS Youth Information. A number of youngsters have been allowed to ask the Prime Minister questions.

“Many issues have been profitable,” stated the Prime Minister within the dialog in Torentje. “However you’ll do this collectively. Now we have put our shoulders to the wheel with nearly 18 million individuals.”

He additionally admits that issues didn’t go nicely and he mentions the advantages, the development of fuel in Groningen and the housing market as examples. “So move, however not excellent.”

In his broadcast NOS Youth Information Rutte calls the closure of the college as a result of corona pandemic one of the troublesome selections. “I believe it was inevitable,” the Prime Minister says. “Generally in politics it’s a must to select solely from poor choices. It was one much less choice to make, however then many extra individuals may have died. To forestall that, we needed to one other troublesome choice to make, that of limiting connections.”

That additionally went towards the Liberals who have been there. “The federal government mustn’t intervene with our lives. It ought to ensure that the colleges run and that there are good hospitals, nevertheless it mustn’t inform us the place we will and can’t go. Right here was we have now to intervene with individuals’s lives every little thing we stand for.”

Rutte led 4 cupboards in fourteen years and can make manner for Dick Schoof subsequent week. The VVD member exchanges the Torentje for NATO headquarters in Brussels. From October 1, he would be the head of the navy alliance, a job that was requested of him by US President Biden.

“I visited him on the White Home at the start of final yr,” Rutte says. “After a couple of days he known as and stated: the present NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg is leaving, we expect you need to to do Then I needed to say ‘no’ as a result of I solely wished a brand new cupboard.” Rutte feared that new elections could be held if he left prematurely.

When the cupboard collapsed final summer season, the Prime Minister stated he began “considering once more”. In consequence the lobbying of the opposite member states was in a position to start, which ended this week within the identify as the pinnacle of NATO.

Two components make Rutte appropriate for NATO work, he believes. “I’ve proven that I will carry individuals collectively and ensure they do not argue all day. And for a job like this you do not have to have too large of an ego.”

Trying again, the outgoing Prime Minister is especially grateful. “That each time within the elections individuals thought: okay, he has to do it once more. And what does he need to obtain at NATO? “Might the sensation of insecurity cease, the sensation that the struggle is again. And that we proceed to spend sufficient cash on protection.”