Dutch PM Rutte - Netherlands said no to 'the wrong kind of populism'


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  • Thursday, 16 Mar 2017

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said his VVD party was on course for victory in Dutch parliamentary elections on Wednesday in a result he declared represented a rejection of "the wrong kind of populism".

"It appears that the VVD will be the biggest party in the Netherlands for the third time in a row," a beaming Rutte told supporters at a post-election party in the Hague.

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