Dutch vote whistleblower into European Parliament

With 99.1% of the votes counted, the European elections in the Netherlands have brought a spectacular entry into the European Parliament of the famous whistleblower Paul van Buitenen, while the governing centre-right coalition suffered a major blow.

Together with the UK, the Netherlands was the first country to vote on Thursday (10 June). Votes were counted by local authorities and gathered by the Dutch Press Agency, ANP.

Contrary to what polls had predicted, the anti-corruptio...