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NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, right, greets Netherlands Prime Minister Mark Rutte during arrivals for a NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, Tuesday, July 11, 2023. NATO on Wednesday, June 26, 2024, appointed Mark Rutte as its next secretary-general, putting the outgoing Dutch prime minister in charge of the world's biggest security organization at a critical time for European security as war rages in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)

NATO appoints outgoing Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte as its next secretary-general

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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, left, and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte shake hands for the cameras prior to a meeting in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday, June 27, 2023. NATO on Wednesday, June 26, 2024 appointed Mark Rutte as its next secretary-general, putting the outgoing Dutch prime minister in charge of the world's biggest security organization at a critical time for European security as war rages in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

An alliance under strain turns to a consensus builder in Rutte

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, right, greets Netherlands Prime Minister Mark Rutte during arrivals for a NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, Tuesday, July 11, 2023. NATO on Wednesday, June 26, 2024, appointed Mark Rutte as its next secretary-general, putting the outgoing Dutch prime minister in charge of the world's biggest security organization at a critical time for European security as war rages in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)

NATO officially names Mark Rutte, outgoing Dutch prime minister, as new secretary-general

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Geert Wilders, leader of the far-right party PVV, or Party for Freedom, waits for the start of a meeting with speaker of the House Vera Bergkamp, two days after Wilders won the most votes in a general election, in The Hague, Netherlands, Friday Nov. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

A new Dutch parliament has been sworn in after Wilders’ victory in the national election 2 weeks ago

By Mike Corder - Associated Press

Dilan Yesilgoz-Zegerius, leader of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy, or VVD, left, and Pieter Omtzigt, leader of the New Social Contract party, right, talk prior to the start of a meeting with speaker of the House Vera Bergkamp, two days after far-right PVV party leader Geert Wilders won the most votes in a general election, in The Hague, Netherlands, Friday Nov. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

The Netherlands’ longtime ruling party says it won’t join a new government following far-right’s win

By Mike Corder - Associated Press

Election billboards are seen near the parliament building in The Hague, Netherlands, Monday, Nov. 20, 2023. Dutch voters will go to the polls on Wednesday Nov. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Voters offered a clean slate in an election to replace The Netherlands’ longest-serving leader

By Mike Corder and Raf Casert - Associated Press

Election billboards are seen near the parliament building in The Hague, Netherlands, Monday, Nov. 20, 2023. Dutch voters will go to the polls on Wednesday Nov. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Dutch political leaders campaign on final day before general election that will usher in new leader

By Mike Corder - Associated Press

FILE - Dutch Foreign Minister Wopke Hoekstra holds his headphones during joint press statements with French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna and Romanian Foreign Minister Bogdan Aurescu in Bucharest, Romania, on Jan. 27, 2023. Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said Friday Aug. 25, 2023 that Hoekstra is “the right man” to replace Frans Timmermans at the European Commission after Timmermans quit this week to lead a unified center-left bloc into elections in November. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru, File)

Dutch foreign minister is the ‘right man’ to fill European Commission post, prime minister says

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Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte sits in a car as he leaves Palace Huis ten Bosch in The Hague, Netherlands, Saturday, July 8, 2023 after he informed King Willem-Alexander that his coalition government has resigned. Rutte announced the collapse of the government Friday night and declined to answer reporters' questions as he left. (AP Photo/Michael Corder)

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte will leave politics after election, marking the end of political era

By Mike Corder and Raf Casert - Associated Press

Netherland's Prime Minister Mark Rutte speaks during a press conference at the Serbia Palace, in Belgrade, Serbia, on July 3, 2023. The four parties that make up Prime Minister Mark Rutte's ruling coalition are in tense talks over ways to rein in migration, amid speculation the thorny issue could bring down the administration and force a general election. Rutte, the Netherlands’ longest serving premier, presided over late-night meetings Wednesday and Thursday that failed to broker a deal. More talks were planned for Friday, July 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

The Dutch prime minister hands in his resignation as the government collapses over migration

By Mike Corder - Associated Press

Netherland's Prime Minister Mark Rutte speaks during a press conference at the Serbia Palace, in Belgrade, Serbia, on July 3, 2023. The four parties that make up Prime Minister Mark Rutte's ruling coalition are in tense talks over ways to rein in migration, amid speculation the thorny issue could bring down the administration and force a general election. Rutte, the Netherlands’ longest serving premier, presided over late-night meetings Wednesday and Thursday that failed to broker a deal. More talks were planned for Friday, July 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

How to rein in migration to the Netherlands is dividing the Dutch government

By Mike Corder - Associated Press

FILE - Support beams stabilize an historic farm in Hunzinge, northern Netherlands, on Jan. 19, 2018. Extraction from one of the world's largest natural gas fields will end in October, the Dutch government announced Friday, June 23, 2023 turning off a lucrative tap that has also sparked unrest by causing a string of earthquakes. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

Dutch government to end gas extraction in northern province after 60 years and many damaging quakes

By Mike Corder - Associated Press

Live updates | World Economic Forum gathering in Davos

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Netherland's Prime Minister Mark Rutte, left, speaks with U.S. President Joe Biden during a round table meeting at a NATO summit in Madrid, Spain, June 29, 2022. Biden is set to host Rutte for talks. The U.S. administration is looking to persuade the Netherlands to further limit China's access to advanced semiconductors with export restrictions. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool)

Biden to host Netherlands PM for talks on tech, Ukraine

By Aamer Madhani - Associated Press

A soldier smokes a cigarette while walking next to a destroyed building after a bombing in Satoya neighborhood in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, March 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Live updates: Zelenskyy says Ukraine ready to discuss deal

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