AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Dutch governing coalition is set to receive a drubbing in local elections on Wednesday, which could strain a partnership that has stuck grimly to austerity through a long period of sluggish growth.
Polls show that Labour, the junior partner to the pro-business Liberals, could lose its position as largest party in Amsterdam after 60 years, while in The Hague, the seat of the Dutch government, Labour could be knocked from the top spot by the anti-immigration populist Freedom Party of Geert Wilders.
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