The PM also paid tribute to him in a statement. “In addition to extraordinary sadness and all the happy memories, my family and I also have a feeling of gratitude that we were allowed to take him with him for so long,” he wrote. “We have now said goodbye to him in the family circle and hope to be able to handle this great loss in peace in the near future.”
Rutte’s announcement came after other political figures faced questions about their behavior under locking.
Rutte’s spokesman told CNN on Tuesday that the Dutch Prime Minister “complied with all measures to restrict coronavirus and not visit his mother for more than eight weeks.”
“However, the restrictive steps left room to say goodbye to the family members who were dying during the last phase. The Prime Minister stayed with his mother on his last night.”
