Ex-Spy Chief Dick Schoof Named Dutch Prime Minister
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The Netherlands has appointed former spy chief Dick Schoof as prime minister, leading a coalition dominated by Geert Wilders's far-right Party for Freedom. This marks a significant political shift to the right, ending Mark Rutte's long tenure. The coalition includes Wilders's party, Rutte's center-right party, the centrist New Social Contract party, and the populist Farmer Citizen Movement, with plans to limit asylum seekers and reduce international students. Schoof, a nonpartisan technocrat, was chosen after months of negotiation.
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