Without Rutte, Dutch election centres on cost-of-living, climate and immigration

FILE PHOTO: The leading candidate of the Dutch Labour Party, Frans Timmermans attends The March for Climate and Justice to demand political change before the elections in Amsterdam, Netherlands, November 12 2023. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw/File Photo

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Dutch go to the polls next week without caretaker Prime Minister Mark Rutte's name on the ballot for the first time in a decade, with voters citing the economy, climate change, and reducing immigration as their top concerns.

The Nov. 22 vote is seen as a test of whether voters in one of Europe's most prosperous countries are willing to continue funding policies such as an expensive offshore wind farms, after last year's cost of living shock.