Dutch PM faces possible no-confidence vote over Greece bailout

[WorldNews]

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Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte is on Wednesday to face a grilling in parliament, and a possible no-confidence vote, for his cabinet's support for debt-ridden Greece's third international bailout. The Dutch cabinet led by Rutte's liberal People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) and its junior Labour (PVdA) partner has backed the latest emergency bailout of up to 86 billion euros ($96 billion), approved by eurozone finance ministers last Friday. The cabinet -- which includes Eurogroup chairman and Dutch Finance Minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem, does not need parliament's approval to give the unprecedented loan the thumbs up, to which The Netherlands is expected to contribute almost 5.0 billion euros.

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