The decision means the Netherlands will have a caretaker government when it hosts a summit of NATO leaders in three weeks. No date for a new election has been set, but it is unlikely before the fall.

Geert Wilders topples Dutch coalition to push immigration agenda in elections - Dick Schoof will remain prime minister of Netherlands in caretaker administration

By Stephanie van den Berg and Bart H. Meijer AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -Dutch far-right leader Geert Wilders toppled the ruling coalition on Tuesday, gambling that a snap election focused on immigration will bring victory at the polls and secure his decades-old ambition of holding the highest political office.