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Dutch politics deadlocked as small parties proliferate
AFP
19 hrs ago
AFP
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Outgoing Prime Minister Mark Rutte has had to put off forming a new government until after the summer
Politics are in deadlock in the Netherlands following general elections, with a new government nowhere in sight and a myriad of small parties eating away at traditional power bases.
Incumbent Prime Minister Mark Rutte has had to put off forming the next  cabinet until after the summer holidays, leaving the outgoing government to handle routine business.
With no clear winners after the vote in March and more small parties than ever in the 150-seat Lower House, the  Dutch "polder model" of consensus politics is in danger of becoming a victim of its own success, experts say.  

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