Dutch to vote in COVID-dominated election
The Hindu
The Netherlands begins three days of voting March 15 in a primary test of a European government’s coronavirus policies, with Prime Minister Mark Rutte set to win another term in office.
With the country under its tightest COVID-19 restrictions including an overnight curfew, polling stations will open mainly for at-risk people on March 15 and 16 before the main election day on March 17. Police used water cannon to break up anti-Rutte protests on the eve of voting, and riots against the introduction of the country’s first curfew since World War II rocked the Netherlands in January.
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