Dutch face tough coalition talks
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The ruling Christian Democrats emerge on top in the Dutch election, but difficult coalition talks lie ahead.
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The Dutch Christian Democrats were on course to retain power in an election on Wednesday but faced a struggle to form a government as voters rewarded parties on the far-left and far-right, preliminary results showed.
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The European Parliament challenges conservative appointee Rocco Buttiglione.
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The Dutch cabinet is due to meet to decide whether to hold a referendum on the European Union's new Reform Treaty. Two of the three parties in the ruling coalition are opposed to a referendum, but a third, the Labour Party, is split over the issue. Dutch voters rejected the proposed European constitution in 2005, plunging the EU into a political crisis.
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Immigration Minister Rita Verdonk, left, and Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende, right, during a meeting at the parliament in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday, Dec.Comment
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NOORDWIJK, Netherlands -- The mounting tension on Turkey's border with Iraq and U.S. demands for European allies to do more in Afghanistan are expected to dominate a meeting of NATO defense ministers opening Wednesday in the Netherlands.
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Germany's Angela Merkel faces difficult G8 talks amid rows over missile defence and climate change goals.
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AMSTERDAM -- The Dutch prime minister's center-right Christian Democrats won the most seats in elections yesterday but nearly complete returns showed a sharply splintered -- and possibly deadlocked -- parliament with no alliance winning a clear mandate to govern.
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One of the most popular politicians in the Netherlands said yesterday his country&#39;s democracy is under threat and called for rejecting immigration from non-Western nations in
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One of the most popular politicians in the Netherlands said Friday the country's democracy is under threat and called for a five-year halt to non-Western immigration in the wake of the killing of a Dutch filmmaker by a suspected Muslim radical.
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Democrats and Republicans both came out with tough talk on Bush's plan, but conditions exist for a compromise.
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South Africans may hope the ruling ANC finds new ways to fight social ills at its conference this week, but any policy debate will likely be overshadowed by a succession battle that has plunged the party into turmoil.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair and his Belgian counterpart sought Thursday to hammer out their differences over a new EU treaty, in the run-up to a crunch summit next month.
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Poland's center-right election victors will start talks this week to form a ruling coalition to push through economic reforms and bring the country back into the EU mainstream, party leaders said on Monday.
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Germany and France are expected to adopt a tougher stand on the Turkish bid to join the EU when their leaders meet in SaarbrA A1 4cken on Tuesday .Comment
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The Dutch Christian Democrats held on to power in a parliamentary election on Wednesday but faced a battle to form a coalition government as many voters turned to parties on the far-left and far-right.
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With the electoral battle won,  Belgium&#39;s likely Christian Democratic next prime minister faces  hard work to form a stable government, particularly if he wants  to push through the reform of the state he has promised.