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Rob Jetten's D66 nearly tripled its seats but Geert Wilders' PVV held its ground in vote share while the hard-right bloc fragmented across three parties, leaving the Netherlands with a familiar parliamentary arithmetic.

Germany's incoming chancellor says his priority is independence from the US after Trump's statements weaken collective defence assumptions. European capitals scramble to fill a capability gap the Americans have filled for decades.

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