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Turkish-Dutch protesters facing Dutch police in Rotterdam on Saturday. (Photo: Reuters)

Turkish-Dutch row takes over election campaign

The issue of foreign affairs has become the main theme of the Dutch electoral campaign this weekend, as the Netherlands experienced its worst diplomatic crisis with a Nato ally in recent history.

One of the contenders to become Dutch prime minister on behalf of the usually pro-EU European People's Party called for the EU to abolish a 54-year-old association agreement with Turkey, in response to a diplomatic row with Turkish ministers.

Representatives of Turkey's government wanted ...

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