Leaders of the four parties in the new government coalition attend a news conference in The Hague, Netherlands, October 10, 2017. L-R: D66 party leader Alexander Pechtold, Prime Minister Mark Rutte of the VVD party, Christian Democrat party's Sybrand Burma and Christian Union party's Gert-Jan Segers. Still image taken from video. REUTERS/Reuters TV
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte sealed a deal to form a new coalition government on Tuesday, announcing a major tax overhaul and steering the Netherlands towards the political right.
The four-party coalition talks were the country's longest since World War Two, overtaking a record of 208 days set in 1977 as the parties struggled to bridge wide differences.
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