Dutch go to the polls in regional elections / Dutch coalition faces election setback

Dutch voters went to the polls on the 2 March 2011 in a provincial council election that were widely seen as a referendum on Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s centre-right coalition.

De Volkskrant, 3.3.11: Election casts shadow over government (Via PressEurop) http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/524511-election-casts-shadow-over-government

Radio Netherlands Worldwide, 3.3.11: Provincial elections: Dutch deadlock http://www.rnw.nl/english/article/provincial-elections-dutch-deadlock

Deutsche Welle, 3.3.11: Dutch government faces loss of Senate majority http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,14886537,00.html

Radio Netherlands Worldwide, 2.3.11: Dutch provincial elections could cripple cabinet http://www.rnw.nl/english/article/dutch-provincial-elections-could-cripple-cabinet

Radio Netherlands Worldwide, 2.3.11: Exit poll: no Upper House majority for Dutch cabinet http://www.rnw.nl/english/article/exit-poll-no-upper-house-majority-dutch-cabinet

Radio Netherlands Worldwide, 2.3.11: Press Review Wednesday 2 March 2011 http://www.rnw.nl/english/article/press-review-wednesday-2-february-2011-0

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