Dutch government to face no-confidence vote after election loss


FILE PHOTO: Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (not pictured) attend a news conference during Scholz's visit to Netherlands in Rotterdam, Netherlands March 27, 2023. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte's government faced a no-confidence vote on Wednesday over plans to cut nitrogen emissions on farms, three weeks after being beaten in provincial elections by a farmers' protest party opposed to such cuts.

Rutte's centre-right coalition is expected to survive the vote as its four parties together hold a slim majority in the 150-seat parliament, but the opposition's move underlines the government's vulnerability following the elections.

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