Mark Rutte

A European Union that goes to such lengths to express its relief and embellish situations so as to partially justify this relief probably doesn't trust the ideas, visions and values that are touted as being strong and dear to all its members.

Why can't populist politicians do without enemies? Because they get better results with enemies.

The President of the Hellenic Republic, Prokopis Pavlopoulos offered his congratulations to the winner of the Netherlands national elections and the country’s PM Mark Rutte. In a phone conversation at approximately 18:45pm Mr. Pavlopoulos talked to Mr.

Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has warned that Europe is headed for "wars of religion," claiming Dutch politicians are taking the continent "to a cliff." The statement comes amid a bitter dispute between the two countries.

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte won the elections but lost a friend like Turkey, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on March 16.

"O Rutte, you might have finished the elections as the first party, but you should know that you lost a friend like Turkey," Erdoğan told a rally in the northwestern province of Sakarya.

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Thursday congratulated Mark Rutte for his victory in Wednesday's Dutch elections.

The Greek prime minister spoke with his Dutch counterpart on the telephone and expressed his support for the outcome.

A Turkish minister has claimed ''holy wars will soon begin'' in Europe, in spite of the defeat of far-right leader Geert Wilders in the Netherlands elections.

Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu did not welcome the victory for Prime Minister Mark Rutte's centre-right People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD).

Europe will soon be the site of "religion wars," Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on March 16, in Ankara's first comment on the general elections in the Netherlands that saw the victory of Prime Minister Mark Rutte's Liberal VVD. 

Europe will soon be the site of "holy wars," Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on March 16, in Ankara's first comment on the general elections in the Netherlands that saw the victory of Prime Minister Mark Rutte's Liberal VVD. 

The center-right party of Prime Minister Mark Rutte won 31 seats in the 150-seat Dutch parliament.

The far-right anti-islamic Freedom Party of Geert Wilders is on second place with two other parties, all won 19 seats, according to exit poll, quoted by the Dutch public television.