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The Netherlands far-right PVV Freedom Party leader Geert Wilders speaks to the media representatives following the European Parliament elections provisional results in The Hague on June 6, 2024. Emiel Muijderman | Afp | Getty ImagesThe Dutch government collapsed on Tuesday after disagreements over immigration proposals led to far-right leader Geert Wilders withdrawing his party from the ruling coalition.Wilders said in a CNBC-translated post on the X social media platform that his Party for Freedom (PVV) party would be departing over the alliance’s lack of support for their asylum proposal.”We had no choice. I promised the voter the strictest asylum policy ever,…

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Shoppers buy fresh vegetables, fruit, and herbs at an outdoor produce market under green-striped canopies in Regensburg, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany, on April 19, 2025.Michael Nguyen/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesEuro zone inflation fell by more than expected to 1.9% in May, below the European Central Bank’s 2% target, flash data from statistics agency Eurostat showed Tuesday.Economists polled by Reuters had expected the May reading to come in at 2%, compared to the previous month’s 2.2% figure.So-called core inflation, which excludes energy, food, tobacco and alcohol prices, eased from 2.7% in April to 2.3% in May. The closely watched services inflation print…

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