Dutch Early Elections Likely After Wilders Opposes Budget
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Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said new elections “are an obvious scenario” after his minority government lost the support of the opposition party that had propped it up.
Rutte failed to come to an agreement with Freedom Party leader Geert Wilders on austerity measures to meet European Union budget rules. As a result, Wilders said today that his party no longer supports the government and that new elections should take place, “the sooner the better.”