text: European relief as Dutch snub 'siren song' of far-right | News , World | THE DAILY STAR
  Mar. 16, 2017 | 01:59 PM (Last updated: March 16, 2017 | 05:54 PM)
  Members of campaign group Avaaz welcome the victory of the Liberal VVD party in the general elections, at the Buitenhof entrance of the Dutch parliament in The Hague on March 16, 2017. / AFP / JOHN THYS
  With 93 percent of votes counted, Rutte's Liberal VVD party was seen as emerging as the largest party for the third time running with 33 seats, the Dutch news agency said.
  Rutte is more likely to turn natural coalition partners the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) and Democracy party D66 which shared joint third with 19 seats each.
  Rutte plus the CDA and D66 would comprise 71 seats of the 76 needed for a parliamentary majority.
  That means they would have to woo a fourth party for a center-right coalition. Two contenders could be the Christian Union with five seats or the more orthodox Calvinist Reformed Political Party (SGP) which took three.
  That would leave Wilders as the largest party in opposition, ensuring he will remain a thorn in the side of the establishment.