The Netherlands' Longtime Ruling Party Says It Won't Join New Government Following Far-Right's Win
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Geert Wilders, leader of the far-right party PVV, or Party for Freedom, talks to the media after a meeting with speaker of the House Vera Bergkamp, in The Hague, Netherlands, Nov. 24, 2023.
A senator from the Netherlands' Party for Freedom was appointed Friday to investigate possible governing coalitions after the far-right party's election victory, while the party of outgoing Prime Minister Mark Rutte said it would support a center-right administration in parliament but not join the next government.
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