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Polls open for three days in Dutch general election

  • With the country under its tightest Covid-19 restrictions including an overnight curfew.
Published March 15, 2021 Updated March 15, 2021 01:28pm
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THE HAGUE: Polling stations opened for three days in The Netherlands Monday in a major test of a European government's coronavirus policies, with Prime Minister Mark Rutte tipped to win another term in office.

With the country under its tightest Covid-19 restrictions including an overnight curfew, voting opened at 7:30 am (0630 GMT) mainly for at-risk people on Monday and Tuesday before the main election day on Wednesday.