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Member of Parliament Pieter Omtzigt (CDA) casts his vote together with his wife Ayfer Koc for the parliamentary elections at the local football club Emos in Enschede, on March 17, 2021. (Photo by Vincent Jannink / ANP / AFP) / Netherlands OUTThe Netherlands voted on Wednesday in a socially-distanced election that Prime Minister Mark Rutte cast as a choice of the best leader to deal with the coronavirus pandemic.
Ballots were cast at museums, churches, and bike-through polling stations on the third and final day of Europe’s first Covid election of 2021. x
A limited number of voting centres had been open on Monday and Tuesday for the elderly and vulnerable, with voters also allowed out after a nationwide 9 pm coronavirus curfew, before polls opened for everyone on Wednesday.
Snow storm Darcy batters the Netherlands, disrupting rail and road traffic
Snow ploughs in action on the A1 motorway on Sunday morning. Photo: Vincent Jannink ANP
The Netherlands woke up to wintry scenes on Sunday, with a layer of snow covering most of the country apart from the far south and north.
The snow and strong winds are expected to continue for most of the day, but it could be well into evening before it stops in the north, weather forecasters say.
The transport ministry’s roads authority has sprayed 17 million kilos of salt on the roads since Saturday evening in an effort to keep them clear. Nevertheless, there have been a string of accidents due to the difficult conditions and the slip road between the A15 and the A4 was closed for a time after a lorry jack-knifed.