The latest Greek bailout is causing a few cracks in the current Dutch government after 2012 election pledges not to help
The Dutch government's approval ratings have slipped after it supported Greece's latest bailout last wee, and just as it prepares for a crucial budget bill according to a poll released yesterday
The government, led by PM Mark Rutte's Liberals, is set for negotiations with several opposition parties whose support it needs to get a 2016 budget through the senate, where it does not have a majority.
Although failure to pass a budget would spell the end for Rutte's shaky government, a compromise is seen as the most likely outcome.
Pollster Maurice de Hond said that Rutte's credibility was damaged in last week's debate on the Greek bailout when he acknowledged he will break a pledge he made during 2012 elections that he would give "not one more cent" to Greece and hot involved in a slanging match with opposition leaders
Rutte's Liberals fell from first place in the weekly poll to fourth place behind populist politician Geert Wilders' Freedom Party, the Socialists, and the Christian Democrats, all of whom opposed the Greece bailout.
Not Tier 1 news per se but it does demonstrate the fall-out is not just confined to the Greek government.
