The Netherlands' Prime Minister Mark Rutte speaks during his meeting with Russia's President Vladimir Putin at the International Economic Forum in St. Petersburg, Russia, June 20, 2013. REUTERS/Anatoly Maltsev/Pool
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Dutch government on Friday won the support of several small opposition parties needed to push through a fresh round of austerity cuts, averting a budget crisis.
The centre-right coalition of Liberal Prime Minister Mark Rutte concluded several days of negotiations with an agreement to trim away an additional 6 billion euros (5.1 billion pounds) in government spending in 2014.
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