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Voting continues in the Netherlands in a general election that is largely seen as a referendum on the government’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic. Incumbent Prime Minister Mark Rutte and his centre-right People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) are expected to win a fourth term in office – even if his party has been rocked with scandal and accusations that it has mismanaged the pandemic. Opinion polls show the VVD is ahead of the pack when it comes to voter popularity.
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The EU is sitting on a mountain of tens of millions of unused Covid jabs, an Express.co.uk analysis has found. Member states’ stockpile includes almost eight million AstraZeneca shots after 17 capitals continued to halt distribution of it over unsubstantiated fears it causes blood clots. EU governments have used just 48 million doses out of the 62.2 million delivered to them, according to official data published by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control.
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Speaking to Italian daily La Stampa, the former Greek finance minister claimed the bloc s Recovery Fund project will not be sufficient to save the eurozone from its imminent collapse.
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Asked whether the EU will come out stronger from the COVID-19 disaster, he said: Much, much weaker.