Dijsselbloem Says Labor Not Out as Wilders Holds Poll Lead
- Freedom Party leads Rutte’s Liberals by 4 seats: Peil.nl poll
- Finance Minister’s Labor Party support collapsed after 2012
Jeroen Dijsselbloem.
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Dutch Finance Minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem said it’s too early to count out his Labor Party as populist Geert Wilders maintained a poll lead less than three weeks before general elections.
Dijsselbloem, who has served as finance minister in a coalition government with Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s Liberal Party since 2012, is fighting for his political future in the March 15 elections. Dijsselbloem also leads the group of euro-area finance ministers, and a poor showing that cost Labor its coalition slot could put his post in doubt.