rutte party was a mp for the mark rutteoarty. ..l .l he was a mp for the mark rutteoarty. ll .l he has just be there was a gap a and he has just be there was a gap a couple of months ago between what mark rutte was saying and what geert wilders was saying about immigration and mark rutte set into that gap and he acknowledged that the liberal party moved towards the populist message, partly because it is arguing that it is correct to say so but also because it sense, and that seems to have made big impression on dutch voters. i am absolutely certain that the politicians in france would have been looking at that and thinking about how they take on marine le pen and her message from ben front national and seeing that that message worked for mark rutte and maybe they need to consider it. as the us secretary of state, rex tillerson, prepares to arrive in beijing this weekend for the first high level visit since president trump took office the prospect of a trade war between the worlds two biggest economies is lingering. but any move by washington to increase the tax on some imp

mark rutte took on geert wilders in a tv program on monday. also coming up, turkey's president erdogan lashes out again. germany's response, we are losing patience with you. and, religious symbols such as headscarves can be banned at work. that is the ruling of the european union highest court today. we will get reaction to a controversial decision. ♪ brent: i am brent goff. it is good to have you with us. the people of the netherlands are about to vote in elections that is too close to call. poll showed the party of the center-right minister mark rutte . here is how mark rutte replied. >> that is the difference between tweetingand leading the. if you lead the country, you need to take smart decisions. this isbrent: earlier, i spoke r correspondent in the hague. i asked about the polls. >> it looks like it is going to be a very close call for sure. there is an important aspect of emerging here. a pool emerge earlier today. it appears that geert wilders's party coming out in fifth place. number one being the liberal party. if that is true, it

our oliver is outside mark rutte 's election quarters in the hague. election polls have closed. what do we know? >> that is right, the polling stations and the first exit polls came in a couple seconds ago. they came up with a big surprise, i have to say. the liberals on first place, the second place would be the pvda, the social democrats, the partner of the coalition now. that is quite a big surprise because polls saw them as very small and they are now second strongest following these exit polls. the wilders poll would come in second place with quite a gap of the first two parties. this is quite a surprise if we look at recent polls. that said, these are just exit polls and we will have to wait to what the first calculations will bring later tonight. anchor: these exit polls are not completely surprising considering the polls over the last 24-48 hours. we see the geert wilders party in a distant third place. that in itself is not what we have been expecting. let's talk about what this race has been about, oliver. it has been dominated by refugees, immigration, the economy. an

for congratulate mark rutte his victory against extremism. they also praise the results, adding that together, they would build a stronger europe. -- theywilder's lost have progressed in the polls. >> i am not particularly disappointed. i would have been if the support had gone down. but his support went off. and they sustained heavy losses. reporter: turkey's political route with the netherlands became bigger after president erdogan cast aside their friendship. , you may have emerged, but you must know this. you lost turkey as your friend. reporter: with another two crucial polls in france and germany, the future political spectrum of europe remains in the balance, even though pro-e.u. campaigners will claim the netherlands as a first battle won. between theoute netherlands and turkey shows no signs of easing. president erdogan has compared dutch politicians to nazis and expel the dutch ambassador. erdogan has gone a step further in his row with the european union, to scrap a deal on the migration. between turkey and the greek islands, a key

and also the dutch situation with mark roda as a perfect -- mark rutte as a perfect chance to show the authority. what right-wing voters long for. it very well and he used the situation very intelligently. peter: angela merkel would have been looking on. to give our viewers an idea of what kinds of things he is saying -- he called mark rutte's sm.inet -- remnants of nazi i alan: i have been sent hundreds of caricatures that have been posted in turkish newspapers depicting angela merkel with a swastika. theyme german cities, could not find a venue for turkish politicians to stage rallies. i think it is disgraceful what happened in holland quite frankly. of course, turkish politicians have a right to address the people of turkish nationality. and they have a right to vote. peter: and there are many in the netherlands. alan: it is a lot of people. a vote that counts. of course, they have the right. and i think he was in in a -- he -win situation. if it is for been as has happened in the netherlands, he can say -- look, they are all fascists. he was playing a game that he could not lose. a

and u.k., but mark rutte pushed that point heavily. he said there could be a domino effect from brexit to trump to the netherlands and then to france and germany. for some people that was a , persuasive message. he will be delighted in tonight's results of the exit polls. we should emphasize it is not a result yet. it looks like he will form a coalition. laura: did prime minister rutte have to tack far to the right to defeat wilders, though? reporter: he certainly did go further to the right man several of his supporters would have wanted to do. he made it clear in a number of high-profile statements that if anyone comes to live in this country, they will need to be prepared to adopt certain dutch values. how you define dutch values is a difficult thing to do. he had a stronger message in the last six months then we have seen from him previously. i should mention though, laura, what people are calling the turkey bounds, this highly passionate, vitriolic argument between turkey and the netherlands over canceled rally on sunday has allow

mark rutte will stay in office for another four years. but he did not get carried away by his victory. mark rutte: we have to be realistic. we are the second smallest party ever to win a dutch election. reporter: with a projected 33 seats, they will need the support of three partners to secure the 76 eats needed to govern. one of the parties who will have a say in the coalition talks is the green left which boosted seats significantly from four to 14. but they will be unlikely to partner with rutte's center-right party. as results came in, geert wilders celebrated his success. the candate who caaied on a prose to clo mosques is clearly dippointed he came in second, even though his party gained five seats. geert wilders: ne year we will push rutte off the throne and becomes the netherlands' biggest party. reporter: the prime minister is tasked with forming a government. e thing is for sure, wilders will not be in it. brent: let's go to our correspoent, oliver, at the dutch parliament in the hague. good evening to you. no big game overall.

the incumbent, mark rutte, faces a challenge from geert wilders but there is great fracture and it gives uncertainty to the outcome. for the dutch, they are one of the wealthiest nations in the world. economic growth forecast to be steady at 2% with wages and growing which is again unusual. unemployment is falling. foreign ownership has become a hot topic with the labour party, part of the current coalition, proposing the government should be able to block ta keovers government should be able to block takeovers not in the national interest. am joined by the senior a nalyst interest. am joined by the senior analyst at control to give us his reaction. what is your take on what the key issues are for voters and how cannabis have been playing that? the number one issue is clearly immigration and integration particularly of muslims. geert wilders has sought to make that the only issue. it is almost like the right to elections. one in which the world is looking at and looking at geert wilders. the other were education, job and economy is still the key for the dutch. we touched the key for the

from the dutch prime minister mark rutte. i have to say that what he said today about srebrenica is completely unacceptable and a rewriting of history. ;.1;.;;:;’ if. ii ll? izg hour by hour and i want him to tone down and to calm down. this is not helping at all and i is an acceptable. he said that people in the netherlands should vote in the interest of turkey. people in {herinterest cat—turkey.— people'm netherlands should vote in the the netherlands should vote in the interest of the netherlands. the netherlands is a very proud people and country too. what is the president playing at? it's an extraordinary escalation of inflammatory rhetoric which is designed for domestic purposes exclusively to rally his nationalist voter base who love this sort of thing. their strongman president standing up to europe and presenting turkey as a victim of oppression from europe. that the europeans is giving turkey lessons on freedom of speech when actually they are abusing human rights and dispersing turkish protesters in a very vi

prime minister mark rutte proposing to curb the amount of people arriving. a lot of people say even if he's not in power, he's having an effect on those in power. immigration will become a major issue because the economy here in the netherlands is doing relatively well. ,rowth is expected at 2% unemployment is the lowest it's been in five years. the doctor more inclined to compare themselves to their own history, to what the economy was like perhaps in the 1990's or before the economic crisis rather than the rest of the eu. if you compare them to the rest of the eu, they are doing very well economically. laura: more harsh words for the orch from turkey's president one. he said -- president erdogan. he is accused of being it detached from reality. erdogan has threatened to scrap a migrant deal with europe which relates to refugees from syria and elsewhere being taken from europe that to turkey. to erdogan computer hackers get online today and never cyber attacks on a host of targets announcing the dutch and german's as nazis. reporter: ignoring calls for calm

the dutch prime minister, mark rutte, faced off against his main opponent, the anti-immigration candidate, geert wilders. we will ask who came out on top. also on the show, scotland's power play. the minister says she wants another referendum on scottish independence as the british government moves the u.k. one step closer to brexit. a generation being devastated in syria. the unprecedented suffering of children in the civil war. also coming up, the challenge to find new antibiotics. scientists search beneath the seas as they hunt for drugs to defeat the superbug. i'm brent goff. good to have you with us. with two days to go before the dutch general election, all eyes were locked onto a live tv debate tonight. the prime minister faced off against the far right populist candidates. rutte's center-right people's party leaves the polls, but the party of freedom is in line to be the second-biggest and he may find himself in the position to dictate terms over the formation of a new government. the pair exchanged barbs over the netherlands ongoing diplomatic spat with turkey. here is what they

the dutch prime minister, mark rutte, and his main rival, geert wilders of the anti—islam freedom party, have gone head—to—head in a televised debate two days before the parliamentary election in the netherlands. their respective parties are battling to become the largest in parliament. campaigning has been overshadowed by a diplomatic row between the netherlands and turkey. our chief correspondent gavin hewitt sent this report from rotterdam. long lines in rotterdam for the key confrontation of the dutch election. it pitched the prime minister mark rutte against challenger, geert wilders, anti—eu, anti—islam, a candidate who puts opposing immigration at the heart of his campaign. translation: they don't want to integrate. they disregarded our values. they want to rule over us and spit on us. the prime minister then challenged geert wilders over saying he wanted to remove korans from people's houses. translation: i still haven't heard how you're going to go door—to—door. i'm very curious how you're going to pick up those korans. these two leaders are vying for top places in

mark rutte is a much compromised prime minister. thati love the fact there it takes 72 days to get this done and you mentioned the heart of the matter -- the generational shift from the ghost of world war ii. is that shift happening this wednesday? tom: it is going to be a very fascinating moment. the reality seen is of what has happened in your country -- the distance between exceeding power and delivering. i used the word integration. that is the debate at the heart of france, netherlands and at the heart of germany for the next generation. ie immigrants that have, ash am one, i am an immigrant to integrated into the united kingdom many decades ago and that is at the heart. you come, you integrate. you play by your host's rules. francine: thank you so much. let's get back to andreas utermann. i'm looking at some of the volatility that we saw in the euro-dollar. is it surprising that the markets are not playing? is that because they are rational or because you don't have the tools in the market to play these? andreas: more the latt

rutte and his liberal party are on course for victory. he's seen off a challenge of geert wilders — who had pledged to take the netherlands out of the european union and ditch the euro. the euro has soared on the news, itjumped as much as 1.3% the biggest rise since last summer. it's been having a tough time of course since the uk's brexit vote. but this is the reaction immediately after the polls began to emerge. the netherlands is not a huge economy in itself — it's only seventh largest in the eu. a huge ‘that a huge ‘ that threat has dissipated a little. france - -- 3.-- 3 . .. . - -- ,---- - - - - elections next month presidential elections next month and germany has parliamentary in september. bath in september. both are elections in september. both are expected to see - challenges by expected to see strong challenges by anti—eu parties.'£s-:t ,7 - expected to see strong challenges by anti—eu parties.'£s-ft the 77 f anti—eu parties. but the foreign minister of germany says that the ministeh-zf germefly saysthat- the

mark rutte with labor in the previous government. the alliance lasted 20 years. labor had the worst dropping. -- drubbing. geert wilders said, i am here, and i am not going anywhere. you have 13 parties here. this is the reality of populism. this is fractured, fragmented, and a much, much weakened coalition basis. very briefly, any idea who the finance minister could be? they are not coming to have coffee with me at the moment. part of the labor showing. no indication yet. they will get a here at 1:00 p.m. local time. in theory, no questions from the press, but i will try. then, this process begins. we should hear something before the end of the day in that regard. certainly, i will keep you briefed in that line. the playing a key role over last few years, in terms of european politics. talking more about greece. i will be fascinated to see your coverage through the morning. manus cranny joining us from the hague. we're joined by bloomberg's amsterdam chief, and the president of the dutch banking association. chris,alk a little bit, about -- good morning to you.

the incumbent mark rutte got the most number of seats. the parliament here is 150 seats. this is the election where loss of seats for the biggest party is considered a victory and the status quo is considered the biggest possible news. that is because geert wilders did not manage to get that number of seats. that biggest percentage of the vote that would have signified the netherlands, the first test after the election of donald trump, perhaps would have been the next domino to fall in the populous wave. that being said, the prime minister won. why? he did drift to the right in rhetoric. he embraced the anti-immigrant rhetoric that was something that geert wilders made a central plank in his platform. it is a strategy that has worked for him. the next big test is france in april where you have the national front leader marine le pen. >> fascinating. the existential questions happening in europe. hala gorani in the netherlands. thank you. >>> various trumps all around the world. president trump won't go down without a fight after his second travel ban meets the same legal

rutte adopted, allowing him to win and form a new government. a message other say mainstream politicians across europe could take to heart. >> listen to the citizens. listen to what they have to say. >> geert wilders tweeting we are the second-largest party. next time we will be number one. in fact, he did fall short in tonight, established leaders are hoping they can send off others as well. >> bret: greg palkot hot. thank you. dow was down 16. s&p 500 slipped. and nasdaq was up. president lays out his budget proposal. the all-star panel weighs in with the winners and losers >> we are proposing a budget that will shrink the bloated federal bureaucracy. our budget calls for one of the single largest increases in defense spending history in this country. >> billions of $ that defense while ransacking america's investment and jobs, innovation, education, clean energy and medical research. >> he's been a godsend for the men and women in uniform. >> i think this is going to be a wake-up call to a lot of people people who supported donald trump. his

mark rutte will get the first chance to build a government but it will be complicated. because in this country everything is complicated. because he got 36%, he needs other parties, the cda, the d-66 and one other party to get to that magic number of 76 fshg ju which is just half the number of seats in the parliament. so what happens to geert wilders? he will play the malcontent from the sidelines, and the other question is is this a metaphor for bigger elections to come in germany and france? in france, everyone is looking at marine le pen. they is anti-european as well. i would be cautious about drawing too many parallels, "a," there's more parties in the netherlands and it's a more complicated situation. "b," there's more social issues and unemployment in france, and that feeds into strengths of madam le pen. be careful about drawing too many metaphors from the dutch election to the french one, but for now main strestream europe sigh of relief. back to you. >> steve sedgwick with us from the hague in holland. the other added takeaway, it's not a total victory for tra

mark rutte, though he's seen in poll position to put a government together, he may have to call on allies and other parties including the likes of the pda, the labor party, the left wing green party, green left as well. the like of the d66, a progressive liberal party, et cetera. it gets very complicated. we don't think geert wilders will win this time around, but putting a government together, that could take a while. >> it does get complicated especially when you talk about 1 28 parties. when you say the right wingers may be in control washhat does t mean? >> in france, you have marine le pen, in germany you have the afd. in the netherlands, you have geert wilders, a man under 24-hour security protection because he is stunningly anti-islam. he wants to ban the koran. he wants to close down mosques. he's also very much anti-eu as well. he doesn't like the sense of entitlement he thinks among the political elite. right wing in this country comes from the likes of geert wilders talking about a war on immigration and a war on islam. >> the number of seats he gets will be closely watched. if

rutte adopted, allowing him to win and form a new government. a message other say mainstream politicians across europe could take to heart. >> listen to the citizens. listen to what they have to say. >> geert wilders tweeting we are the second-largest party. next time we will be number one. in fact, he did fall short in tonight, established leaders are hoping they can send off others as well. >> bret: greg palkot hot. thank you. dow was down 16. s&p 500 slipped. and nasdaq was up. president lays out his budget proposal. the all-star panel weighs in with the winners and losers nex next. talking about this kiester, then you can get comfortable using preparation h. for any sort of discomfort in yours. preparation h. get comfortable with it. we ship everything you atcan imagine.n, and everything we ship has something in common. whether it's expedited overnight... ...or shipped around the globe, ...it's handled by od employees who know that delivering freight... ...means delivering promises. od. helping the world keep promises. say carl, we have a qu

prime minister mark rutte called on the dutch to set an example to voters in france and germany where right wing nationalists are flourishing ahead of elections later this year. >> these elections are crucial. let us stop the domino effect right here, this week, this wednesday. the domino effect of the wrong sort of populism winning in this world. >> reporter: are there any circumstances under which you would enter into a coalition partnership with geert wilders? >> answer is no, we won't do that. the reasons are that he, that when the crisis was the deepest in 2012, he ran away from responsibility. >> reporter: political scientist jean tillie believes that although rutte finds wilders views on islam distasteful, it's a mistake not to engage with him. >> we saw it in england with the brexit. people were ignored and look what happened. we saw it with america. people were ignored and look what happened. so don't ignore people when they have strong feelings. you are not obliged to incorporate them in the political system, but you cannot ignore a very large group of people consistently fo

. >> of course, because all parties, most parties like mark rutte, the sitting prime minister, had to move a little to the right. because you know, to catch some wind out of that anti-immigrant rhetoric of geert wilders they had to move to the right. and they did. they knowledged themselves to the right and said things like we have to be firm on the borders. we have to get brussels under control. all these things. and then out of the high-hat came this whole president erdogan in turkey decided over sort of a diplomatic spat over whether turkish ministers could speak in holland for turkish dutch nationals yes or no, we said the dutch said no, you cannot speak in front of those people. we sent him out, literally escorted them out. >> senor: there was a referendum that would strengthen the turkish president's powers and he wanted to rev up the turkish disaparu m so he sends a foreign minister to the netherlands and this moderate incumbent prime minister who was supposed to be on his back heels politly basically said are you not welcome. >> basically, and that is all undutch. we are the t

dutch prime minister mark rutte said today he wants to calm the protests and diplomatic dispute, just three days before national elections in the netherlands. seeking a third term, rutte's stiffest challenge comes from far-right nationalist candidate geert wilders, who has called for banning muslim immigrants and asylum seekers. >> if you believe, and certainly many people do, my party does, that islam and freedom are incompatible, then by allowing more islam into your country, at the end of the day, it will cost you your constitution your freedom and your rule of law. >> sreenivasan: 850,000 muslims live in the netherlands, about 5% of the population. an imam in rotterdam dismissed wilders's rhetoric. >> it's not realistic. it is not something what we see, what we need to have here in our society. it's only a kind propaganda, a kind of ways to get more votes. >> sreenivasan: for more on the netherlands election, i am joined by skype by from amsterdam newshour weekend special correspondent malcolm brabant. >> malcolm, we don't usually pay attention in the united states to elections in

in the netherlands, dutch prime minister mark rutte sparred with far-right politician hairt wilders in a debate monday night ahead of wednesday's national elections. wilders hopes to withdraw the netherlands from the european union in a "nexit" vote similar to britain's "brexit." nexit is the best thing that could happen to us. we would become once again the bosses in our country. once again, we would get the keys to our own front door. almond people at home would find it unpleasant to not even have the keys to their own homes? they could see which guests they let in and which not. amy: wilders has called for the de-islamization of the netherlands and was found guilty , by a dutch court last year of inciting racial discrimination against moroccans. nevertheless, he's running a close second in national polls. ahead of monday's debate, prime minister mark rutte compared hairt wilders to donald trump. >> this is a time to be realistic and not to rely on the -- that took this before. remember the brexit. we all thought that would never happen. remember u.s. elections. so let's not make tha

they're hoping that prime minister mark rutte will block that view. preliminary results are expected by early thursday. people in france and germany will be watching closely. they'll hold elections later this year, and their far right parties are faring well. >>> france's embattled center-right presidential candidate francois fillon has been put under formal investigation on suspicion he embezzled state funds. investigators told nhk they're looking into allegations fillon used government money to pay his family for jobs they didn't do. they were said to have received nearly $900,000. judicial authorities will decide whether or not to indict fillon depending on the outcome of the probe. fillon has denied any wrongdoing and has expressed his intention to stay in the april-may presidential race. but opinion polls show fillon trailing behind the far-right national front president marine le pen and independent centrist emanuel macron. the latest development is seen as adding to fillon's uphill battle. >>> japan's ruling and opposition party members are set

conservative prime minister mark rutte's main rival is the populist geert wilders, but even if he gets the most seats, most other parties say they won'tjoin him in a coalition. 0ur correspondent anna holligan is in the hague. how has the campaign played out? less tha n how has the campaign played out? less than 2a hours to go before what is being seen as a decisive moment in european politics. last night we saw a huge debate between the two

mark rutte sounding populist notes, taking out ads saying act normal or leave. >> trevor: that's really worrying, not because to have the xenophobic sentiment, but because a lot of people smoke pot in amsterdam, and if you are high, you know, and one of them was in front of you -- imagine that, you were high and you saw a giant newspaper ad that said, act normal or leave, you would (bleep) your pants. oh, god, the newspaper knows i'm high! ( laughter ) now, look, just because wilders lost doesn't mean he's not popular. if he made one mistake, it wasn't his platform, it was picking the wrong role model. >> the trump effect, because to have the chaotic nature of the trump administration, a lot of voters here in the netherlands seemed to have looked at the united states and say, is that what we want? let's look at what our options are. we want something a little more stable. >> trevor: i think that's a low bar to set for yourself because anything is more stable than donald trump. a toddler in high heels is more stable nan donald trump. an ikea chair on a high wire over niagara falls is mor

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the dutch prime minister, mark rutte, and his rival geert wilders of the anti—islam freedom party, have taken part in a televised debate ahead of the country's parliamentary election. mr rutte defended his economic record over the past five years, and his decision to stop those two turkish ministers addressing dutch—turks at rallies over the weekend. mr wilders attacked his credibility, and urged him to close the country's borders. the north—eastern united states is hunkering down for the worst snowstorm of the season. 50 million people along the eastern seaboard are under blizzard warnings. schools are closed, and thousands of flights and trains are cancelled. it has even forced the postponement of a visit by the german chancellor, who is due to meet president trump. nada tawfik reports. satellite images showing the scale of the nor‘easter hitting the eastern seaboard. and, as the snow falls, it has promised to worsen dramatically, quickly. it has proven already treacherous. in wisconsin, chaos on the roadways. 40 cars involved in a crash on the interstate, in the midst of the st

what kind of coalition government will mark rutte have to form? >> he has a lot of work to do. he has spun this quite well so far. it looks like it could already be a center-right. that is along with the christian democrats, that will give him a small minority. -- francine: what does this mean for populism in europe in general? the issue is the turnout for the populist right, the right-wing populist in the netherland, was 12% of the vote. 93% of the seats at the moment. firebreak.mini let's not get overly complacent. the dutch have put a stop to the lurch in the right, but marine le pen is a whole another kettle of fish. francine: what does it tell us about whether markets are jumping at shadows or not? what this isn't clear will mean in france. there has been speculation that what has been happening in the united states has dampened the move towards more populist sentiment in europe. we cannot be sure with the dutch elections will mean in france. it sends a signal to how important it is for voters to turn out. voters are very concerned to turn out in the dutch elections to mak

the dutch prime minister mark rutte has demanded an apology. not our usual image of the netherlands. this was the wound the dog left behind as riot police used considerable force against turkish demonstrators. they were angered by the dutch government's refusal to allow their politicians to attend a campaign rally in support of president erdogan. he is counting on the backing of more than a million turkish citizens living in europe to expand his powers back home in next month's referendum. but his minister for families wasn't allowed to address them. the second turkish minister turned back by the dutch government. she returned to istanbul defiant. translation: in holland, holland as a country that speaks of freedom and democracy, we were faced with very rough and hard treatment. it is ugly of europeans who talk about women's rights and tell us how we should treat women in turkey. all this followed president erdogan‘s far—stronger language at a rally, denouncing the dutch as "nazi remnants and fascists". those words have infuriated several e

the dutch prime minister mark rutte has condemned mr erdogan‘s remarks. he said his country had been willing to consider a planned event in a turkish building, such as a consulate. but he said it wouldn't respond to ‘threats‘. this morning on television, he made clear that he threatened the netherlands with sanctions and of course we cannot negotiate under such threats. we decided it was betterfor him not to come to the netherlands. he described the dutch as nazis. what is your reaction to those remarks? crazy remarks. i understand he's angry but this is way out of line. there has been criticism here of a female judge who has warned women who get drunk that they are putting themselves in danger of being targeted by rapists. lindsey kushner qc said what she called ‘disinhibited behaviour‘ could put women in danger. the comments have been described by the campaign group rape crisis as outrageous and misguided. francis fitzgibbon who's the chair of the criminal bar association says he agrees with the judge. it's unusual for the judge to make those ki

that prompted mr erdogan to describe the dutch government, led by mark rutte, as "nazi remna nts". a second turkish minister has now been stopped from entering the netherlands, and in ankara, the dutch ambassador has been told he isn't welcome. mark lowen reports. they love his nationalism, his bluntness, his standing up to the west, and today recep tayyip erdogan doled it out. after his foreign minister was blocked from landing in the netherlands, president erdogan hit back at the dutch, his diplomacy typically undiplomatic. translation: they don't know anything about politics or international diplomacy. they are very nervous and cowards. they are nazi remnants, they are fascists. the foreign minister had wanted to rally turkish voters in the netherlands before a referendum on boosting mr erdogan‘s powers. but with the dutch election next week, the government there feared it could provoke tension and feed the anti—immigrant geert wilders. on the campaign trail, the dutch prime minister said he wouldn't give in turkish blackmail. this morning, on television, he made clear that

the netherlands incumbent prime minister mark rutte faces a tough challenge from the far—right populist geert wilders who has been riding high in the polls. but the vote seems more fractured than ever before giving greater uncertainty to the outcome. whilst the rise of populism can tie in with falling living standards the dutch are one of the wealthiest nations in the world. average income is nearly $53,000 per person. and economic growth is forecast at a steady 2% for this year with wages growing and unemployment falling. that is quite unusual. the campaigns populist overtones means foreign ownership of dutch comapnies has become a hot topic — with the labour party — part of the current coalition — proposing the government should be able to block takeovers not in national interest. we will be getting an expert view on how these elections will go and want it will mean. you might not think of backpacking and bungeejumping as big business, but adventure tourism is growing faster than the luxury travel industry — at a rate of more that 65% a year. and it's notjust down to young peo

dutch prime minister mark rutte, who is up for re-election wednesday, said erdogan's comment was "crazy" and "way out of line." >> sreenivasan: the new administrator of the environmental protection agency, scott pruitt, raised eyebrows this week when he said in an interview that carbon dioxide is not the primary cause of global warming and climate change, opinions at odds with scientific consensus and decades of data. pruitt, the former oklahoma attorney general, has reportedly started to stack the e.p.a. staff with like-minded skeptics. joining me now from washington to discuss what this means for environmental policy is" washington post" reporter brady dennis. brady, this isn't necessarily new on how scott pruitt thinks about the environment. >> no, i mean, he's said before, and most recently, i think, in his confirmation hearings in the senate, that this idea of uncertainty-- we don't really know how much of the warming of the planet is driven by human activity. i think what he said the other day was a step further than that by saying, "i don't believe humans are the primary cause of

the current dutch prime minister mark rutte faces a tough challenge from the far—right populist candidate geert wilders who has been riding high in the polls. but there is no standout leader in the polls giving greater uncertainty than ever before. whilst the rise of populism is often linked with falling living standards, the dutch remain one of the wealthiest nations in the world. average income is nearly $53,000 per person. and economic growth is forecast at a steady 2% for this year with wages growing and unemployment falling. so one key election issue has been the foreign ownership of dutch companies with the labour party, part of the current coalition, proposing the government should be able to block takeovers they deem not to be in the national interest. 0ur our next guest is from the netherlands but working in the uk. dr stijn van kessel is lecturer in politics at loughborough university. talk us through, from your perspective, what is on the minds of those going to the polls? there is an open race at the moment, no clear party is standing out. so voters have a tough choice if they

dutch prime minister mark rutte said in a facebook post that mr cavusoglu's visit would be a threat to public order. turkish rallies have been cancelled in other parts of europe including germany due to fears over possible human rights abuses following last year's failed coup against president erdogan. earlier, mr cavusoglu gave this comment on the likelihood of his visit to the netherlands being blocked. translation: if the netherlands cancels my permission to fly to day they are constantly threatening that, if they do that, they will be harsh economic and political sanctions against the netherlands. this will not go unanswered. if you cancel my flight permission there will be heavy consequences. this seems to be escalating a bit. it is. it started off last week with germany banning turkish ministers from coming to germany to speak to the ministers therefore stop austria followed suit and was a swiss city that band turkish ministers and now you got the netherlands actually banning the plane of the turkish foreign ministerfrom banning the plane of the turkish foreign minister from land

rutte. most muslims in the country are turkish or moroccan. we went to find speak to members of the morroccan community in the netherlands and find out how they feel about being the focus of the election campaign. in every debate i am the main subject. it is weird to have a leader who may be things of you as a (bleep) muslim. i.e. the —— i even heard politicians refer to me as an oppressed woman and saying that making laws about the headscarf will syd ney making laws about the headscarf will sydney three. they forget that making rules makes them the oppressor. —— will set me free. i am a true amsterdam girl and there is no other place for me to go or where ican no other place for me to go or where i can feel like home. i think i'm the only moroccan with a dutch name. i had the only moroccan with a dutch name. ihada the only moroccan with a dutch name. i had a moroccan name but my employer could not pronounce it so he called me harms. politicians can say whatever they want. i am a mor

the dutch prime minister, mark rutte, celebrated victory in his country's election, easily defeating geert wilders. eu leaders staunchly backed the dutch in a diplomatic row a diplomatic row with turkey. commissionerjean—claude juncker said he was scandalised. we will never accept this comparison between the nazis and the current government. the european court of human rights ruled that hungary unlawfully kept two migrants in a transit zone. the decision could affect the country's plan to automatically detain all asylum seekers in border camps. the spanish foreign minister says an independent scotland will have to join the back of the queue for eu membership. spain's government is worried about the separatist movement in catalonia. ffiifuéfiéfiiaziwa'sacs: — — — from wearing religiou symbols but the restriction must be based on internal company rules requiring all employees to dress neutrally. i am joined by the min ~ mep george batten, and the conservative mep ian duncan. let us look at the european court ofjustice ruling on headscarves. what do you make of it? it seems

the dutch prime minister, mark rutte, and his rival 0ur geert wilders of the anti—islam freedom party, have taken part in a televised debate two days before the country's parliamentary election. mr rutte defended his economic record over the past five years and his decision to stop two turkish ministers addressing dutch turks at rallies over the weekend. for his part, mr wilders said the real problem was that turks waving turkish flags on a dutch street had shown where their loyalties lay. he attacked the prime minister's credibility, criticising him for allowing record immigration. turkey says it won't allow the dutch ambassador back into the country, as their damaging diplomatic row continues. the new disney movie beauty and the beast hits cinemas across the world but in malaysia its release has been postponed. no specific reason has been given for the decision but a spokesperson for disney reportedly told malaysian media that the film had caused controversy because it included a gay character. it comes after a russian mp petitioned to ban the film for that same reason. earlier i sp

almost two weeks on, prime minister mark rutte is still trying to form a new centre—right coalition. four parties will enter talks this week. including left—wing environmentalists groenlinks, led by this man, jesse klaver. that‘s the dutch and what is going on there. it‘s germany‘s turn to hold general elections in september. christian democrats leader angela merkel will try for a fourth term as chancellor and she‘s just had some good news. it‘s about saarland, a small german state which had an election this weekend seen as a significant test of voter sentiment. saarland was run by a coalition whose makeup mirrors national government, that‘s a mix of merkel‘s cdu and the social democrats. the results are in. the christian democrats won with 40.7% of the vote. that‘s up by more than 5% since the last election. the sdp, led by former eu president martin schulz, polled 29.6%. here‘s a somewhat relieved angela merkel. translation: obviously, the citizens have seen that this coalition is a coalition that governs well. we have a lot of hard work to do. it is going to be