: New Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof on Wednesday pledged continued “financial, military, and political support” for Ukraine, as he took aim at Russia in his first major speech.
Schoof, 67, also pledged to meet the goal of spending two percent of gross domestic product on defence set by the NATO alliance, soon to be led by his predecessor Mark Rutte. Under Rutte, the Netherlands signed a deal this year for two billion euros of military assistance over 10 years, later adding an additional one billion.
Wilders stepped aside after some coalition negotiation partners threatened to torpedo talks if he was PM, uneasy over his anti-Islam, eurosceptic views.
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