Mark Rutte

• NATO chief praises Trump on Iran, defence spending push in text message

  Trump posted screenshots of the text message to his Truth Social website as he headed to the NATO summit at the Hague. A NATO spokesperson confirmed the text was legitimate.

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  Jun 24, 2025
  
• NATO must make ‘quantum leap’ of 400% in air, missile defence: Rutte

  NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte is set to call on member countries on Monday to increase their missile and air defences by 400 per cent.

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  Jun 9, 2025
  
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• Trump threatens to acquire Canada, Greenland while next to NATO chief

  NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said nothing about the possibility of the U.S. threatening a founding NATO member, after Trump called the Canadian border 'artificial.'

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  Mar 13, 2025
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• NATO allies appear to have chosen their next leader ahead of summit

  Netherlands Prime Minister Mark Rutte has been one of the driving forces behind Europe's military support for Ukraine since Russia's 2022 invasion.

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  Jun 20, 2024
• Mark Rutte resigns as Dutch PM amid migration dispute

  Rutte said he and his coalition partners have different views on migration policy and it was determined Friday those differences "are irreconcilable."

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  Jul 7, 2023
• Canada would be ‘perfect home’ for NATO centre on climate security, Dutch PM says

  Trudeau first announced the intention to ask allies to support the development of a NATO climate security centre of excellence during the NATO leaders' summit in Brussels in June.

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  Oct 29, 2021
• Dutch government allows Armenian family to stay after 96-day church session

  A round-the-clock prayer service to stop an Armenian family being deported from the Netherlands was ended after 96 days on Wednesday, after the government agreed to make an exception to immigration rules.

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  Jan 31, 2019
• ‘Forever grateful’: Dutch prime minister pays tribute to WWII vet who helped liberate the Netherlands

  Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte paid tribute to 94-year-old Don White in a speech in Parliament Thursday.

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  Oct 25, 2018
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• Dutch PM joins Trudeau in warning against populism, calls Brexit ‘terrible’

  The prime minister of the Netherlands is telling Canada's parliament that Britain's decision to leave the European Union is a terrible idea.

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  Oct 25, 2018
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• Mark Rutte beats ‘Dutch Donald Trump’ Geert Wilders in Netherlands election

  Dutch center-right Prime Minister Mark Rutte fought off the challenge of anti-Islam and anti-EU rival Geert Wilders to score an election victory that was hailed across Europe Thursday.

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  Mar 15, 2017