© 2024 Blue Ridge Public Radio
Blue Ridge Mountains banner background
Your source for information and inspiration in Western North Carolina.
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations

Dutch voters head the the polls for prime minister election

Netherlands' Prime Minister Mark Rutte celebrates after exit poll results of the parliamentary elections were announced. (Patrick Post/AP)
Netherlands' Prime Minister Mark Rutte celebrates after exit poll results of the parliamentary elections were announced. (Patrick Post/AP)

Dutch voters will head to the polls this fall as Mark Rutte, the Netherlands’ longest-serving prime minister, prepares to leave politics following the collapse of his coalition government.

NPR’s Rob Schmitz reports.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

Copyright 2023 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.