Geert Wilders' decision could delay a decision to increase defense spending to achieve NATO's new goals and to host world leaders at a NATO summit in The Hague later this month.

The coalition government has previously promised an average annual expenditure of €3.5 billion (£2.95 billion) to cover military support for Ukraine.

Current NATO defense target spending accounts for at least 2% of GDP, but Alliance Secretary-General Mark Rutte, once the Dutch prime minister, said he would soon announce a new benchmark of 5%.

Dutch Defense Minister Ruben Brekelmans told EuroNews in April that the government would use "about 2%" of GDP for its defense.

The NATO summit increased its importance as European countries continue to aggression and the evacuation of traditional American security blankets under the Trump administration.

Discussions at the summit from June 24 to 25 are expected to focus on defense spending and strengthen the defensive industrial base.

The Guardian's European journalist Jon Henley has some details about the reaction of Geert Wilders (now former) alliance partners to his departure from the government, a move that could trigger a steal. Here is an excerpt from his writing:

Wilders said the partners refused to adopt his 10-point plan for the purpose of seeking asylum, as he asked last week. Legal experts said some of the recommendations were violations of European human rights law or the UN Refugee Convention, and the Netherlands was the signator.

Dilan Yeşilgöz, the leader of the Free Conservative VVD Party of the Alliance members, said Prime Minister Dick Schoof urged leaders to take responsibly before Tuesday's meeting.

"The Prime Minister called on us this morning and he said we were facing a huge international challenge, we started a war on our continent and the economic crisis could be happening," Yeşilgöz said. She said Wildes's decision "shocked" her, which she described as "super redemption."

Another United Party leader, Caroline van der Plas of the Populist Farmers’ Residents Movement (BBB), said she was angry, also called Wilders “irresponsible.” Nicolien van Vroonhoven of the New Social Contract (NSC) said it was “uncomfortable.”

Wilders' plans include inviting troops to secure and patrol borders, closing refugee accommodation facilities, sending all Syrian refugees home, suspending EU asylum quotas and banning refugees who join the country.

Dutch far-right leader Geert Wilders The immigration and asylum policies have led his party out of the country's four-party ruling coalition, plunging the country into political uncertainty.

Wilders' Liberal Party (PVV) is the largest in the league, and he said this morning he had informed Prime Minister Dick Schoof that all PVV ministers would leave the government.

After Parliament held a brief meeting of the Quad leaders who constituted a fragile government in Parliament, Wilders wrote in an article on X earlier today:

Our asylum program is not signed. The main outline agreement has not changed. PVV leaves the league.

It is not clear what will happen next. The government could try to rule as a minority government or convene new elections later this year. Schoof convened an afternoon emergency cabinet meeting. Stay with us because during the day we will provide the latest information throughout Europe and other stories from Europe.