The Dutch Liberal and Labor parties are set to start negotiations to form a new Cabinet a week after Sept. 12 elections, with caretaker Prime Minister Mark Rutte setting the tone by urging continued austerity. “The austerity policy must continue; we’re not there yet,” Rutte, who heads the Liberals, said in an interview in The Hague, where the 2013 budget was presented to Parliament yesterday.
Fresh from elections Dutch leaders urge more austerity
By Quartz Staff