A majority in the Dutch parliament has given prime minister Mark Rutte more time to negotiate with his European counterparts on how to accommodate a popular rejection of an EU-Ukraine treaty.
MPs said on Tuesday (8 November) they would give Rutte until after an EU summit in Brussels in mid-December to find a solution.
Initially, Rutte had been given a 1 November deadline by MPs.
But Rutte's centre-right Liberals, his coalition partner Labour, and several smaller parties gave...
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