Outgoing Netherlands PM’s party rules out Geert Wilders coalition

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Talks begin with liberal leader warning people not to be fooled by Wilders’ ‘Mother Teresa’ actThe party of the Netherlands’ outgoing prime minister, Mark Rutte, has ruled out forming a government with the anti-Islam populist Geert Wilders, as coalition talks began following this week’s shock general election result.Their decision removes the first building block of a potential partnership government with Wilders’ Freedom party (PVV), which caused a political earthquake after winning more seats than any other party in Wednesday’s vote. Continue reading...

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