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Rutte: the Dutch government and the European Commission are both trying to keep a lid on the website discussions (Photo: Jos van Zetten)

Dutch PM refuses to denounce anti-immigrant website

Pressure is mounting on Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte to publicly distance himself from a website, calling on citizens to file complaints about people from central and eastern Europe residing in the Netherlands.

Ambassadors from the ten central and eastern EU member states published a letter on Tuesday (14 February) strongly criticising the website, launched last week by the minority government's key ally in parliament, the far-right Party for Freedom (PVV).

"We invite Dutch soc...

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Rutte: the Dutch government and the European Commission are both trying to keep a lid on the website discussions (Photo: Jos van Zetten)

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