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New Dutch leader pledges to cut immigration as the opposition vows to root out racists in cabinet
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof gave his first speech to parliament on Wednesday, pledging that he will work hard at one of his new goverment’s main aims: reducing immigration. “The biggest of those concerns is asylum and migration. That is the...
Dutch king swears in a new government 7 months after far-right party won elections
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A new Dutch government was sworn into office Tuesday on promises to impose strict new limits on immigration, more than seven months after elections dominated by a far-right, anti-Islam party. While its policies seem largely inward-looking, the new...
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte urges support for Ukraine, EU and NATO in his farewell speech
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Long-serving Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte urged his country to support Ukraine and international cooperation in his final address to his compatriots Sunday, as an inward-looking new government is set to take over the Netherlands in two days. “It...
Mark Rutte is named NATO chief. He'll need all his consensus-building skills from Dutch politics
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Over the course of more than a dozen years at the top of Dutch politics, Mark Rutte got to know a thing or two about finding consensus among fractious coalition partners. Now he will bring the experience of leading four Dutch multiparty governments to the...
NATO appoints outgoing Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte as its next secretary-general
BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO appointed Mark Rutte as its next secretary-general on Wednesday, putting the outgoing Dutch prime minister in charge of the world’s biggest security organization at a critical time for European security as war rages in Ukraine. Rutte’s appointment was...
NATO appoints Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte as its next secretary general at a critical time for European security
US thanks Romania for its leader exiting the NATO leadership race to clear the way for Rutte
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration on Friday thanked Romania for its president withdrawing from the race to lead NATO, saying the move would help ensure the Western military alliance stays properly focused. Secretary of State Antony Blinken delivered the message to his...
'Teflon Mark' Rutte set to bring consensus-building skills from Dutch politics as next NATO chief
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Over the course of more than a dozen years at the top of Dutch politics, Mark Rutte got to know a thing or two about finding consensus among fractious coalition partners. Now he's on track to bring the experience of leading four Dutch multiparty governments to the...
And then there was one: Mark Rutte. Romania's president withdraws from the race for NATO chief
BRUSSELS (AP) — Romania’s president has withdrawn from the race to become NATO’s next secretary general, leaving outgoing Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte all but certain to head the world’s biggest military organization from October. The office of President Klaus Iohannis...