Dutch government's majority support at risk

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A member of the far-right Freedom Party, a Dutch government ally, said on Tuesday he would quit in a move that would deny the Liberals-Christian Democratic government an assured majority in parliament and make it harder to cut the budget deficit.

The minority government led by Liberal Prime Minister Mark Rutte depends on the support of the Freedom Party, which gives it 76 seats in the 150-seat lower house.