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"I stand here in the hope that parties in this chamber are prepared ... to do what is necessary to pull the Netherlands through these difficult economic times," caretaker prime minister Mark Rutte tells Parliament on Tuesday. (Associated Press)

Dutch government faces tough budget choices

By Mike Corder - Associated Press

**FILE** Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte of the free-market Liberal Party waits June 7, 2010, for the start of a televised election debate at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam, Netherlands. (Associated Press)

Dutch government quits after austerity talks fail

By Mike Corder and Toby Sterling - Associated Press

Center-right team to lead Dutch

By Ben Birnbaum - The Washington Times

The Netherlands' center-right Liberal Party, led by Mark Rutte, shown in this file photo casting his ballot in general elections June 9, 2010, is in talks to forge a coalition for a three-party government with Maxime Verhagen's Christian Democratic Appeal, backed by the outside support of Geert Wilders's anti-Islam Freedom Party. (AP Photo/Evert-Jan Daniels)

Netherlands heads for first postwar minority government

By Ben Birnbaum - The Washington Times

**FILE** VVD Party leader Mark Rutte casts his ballot in the general election in The Hague on June 9, 2010. (Associated Press)

Dutch election victor seeks right-wing coalition

By Ben Birnbaum - The Washington Times