“’Teflon’ Mark Rutte, the Dutch Prime Minister, racked up 13 years in office, four coalition governments and even a resignation without losing his grip on power. But the 55-year-old suffered a humiliating electoral defeat at the hands of the ragtag and inexperienced Citizen-Farmer Movement (the BBB),” The telegraph reports.
“In a vote that became a referendum on Mr Rutte’s leadership, the BBB emerged from nowhere to become the largest party in all Dutch provinces after regional elections on Wednesday.”
