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Dutch election: Voters go to the polls in ellection seen as barometer of populism

People line up to vote for the Dutch general election at a polling station in The Hague, Netherlands, Wednesday, March 15, 2017. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Voters are going to the polls in the Netherlands in the first of three crucial eurozone elections this year.

The race is dominated by Prime Minister Mark Rutte's centre-right party and that of Geert Wilders, running on an anti-immigration platform. Read more and see picture below...


Mr Rutte has said the election is an opportunity for voters to "beat the wrong sort of populism".
Mr Wilders has pledged to take the Netherlands out of the EU, close all mosques and ban the Koran.

His Freedom Party had been leading in opinion polls but they have since suggested his support may be slipping.

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte casts his vote for the Dutch general election in The Hague, Netherlands, Wednesday, March 15, 2017. (AP Photo/Patrick Post)
Wednesday's election also comes amid a diplomatic spat between the Netherlands and Turkey.
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