Drees–Van Schaik cabinet

This coalition had a 76% representation in the second chamber of parliament. It had to have a broad basis for the change in constitution that was required to make the Dutch East Indies independent, resulting in the new country Indonesia (in December 1949). In 1948 a second Police Action was embarked upon, but ended under international pressure. The rejection of a VVD motion over New Guinea in 1951 led to the fall of the cabinet. However, no elections were held and a new cabinet was formed with the same parties, Drees I. In 1949, the Netherlands entered the NATO. In the same year several alterations of the German border took place. Paul-Henri Spaak and Prime Minister Willem Drees at a Benelux conference in The Hague on 10 March 1949 General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Prime Minister Willem Drees at the Ministry of Defence on 11 January 1951 ==Composition==