Dutch election: Pro-Europe VVD and Labour parties win
Voters in the Netherlands have backed two pro-European centrist parties, while the anti-immigrant Geert Wilders' Eurosceptic party took heavy losses.
Prime Minister Mark Rutte claimed victory for his liberal VVD party with the centre-left Labour party a close second.
Both parties performed better than predicted, seeking a pan-European solution to the eurozone crisis. They have enough seats for a workable coalition - but would have to reconcile very different views on austerity.
Anna Holligan reports.
13 Sep 2012
- From the section Europe