Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte waves during his meeting with Indonesian President Joko Widodo at the presidential palace in Bogor, Indonesia, October 7, 2019. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan
October 7, 2019
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The Dutch government on Monday lost its majority in parliament when a member of Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s VVD party was dismissed but said he would keep his seat as an independent.
Rutte’s four-party coalition now has 75 seats in the 150-seat lower house. The coalition lost its majority in the upper house, the Senate, in elections in March.
(Reporting by Bart Meijer; Editing by Hugh Lawson)
