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"If anyone sees fascism in Rotterdam, they are completely detached from reality. We all show solidarity with the Netherlands," Donald Tusk told MEPs. (Photo: European Parliament)

EU leaders bash Turkey over the Netherlands

European Council chief Donald Tusk and senior MEPs hit back at Turkey in a widening diplomatic dispute between Ankara and the Netherlands.

Turkey's president Erdogan had described the Netherlands as a bastion of Nazi fascism, after Dutch authorities had prevented his ministers from campaigning in the country ahead of an April referendum, which aims to further tighten the Turkish leader's grip on power.

Clashes broke out in Rotterdam last weekend between the Dutch police and Turkis...

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"If anyone sees fascism in Rotterdam, they are completely detached from reality. We all show solidarity with the Netherlands," Donald Tusk told MEPs. (Photo: European Parliament)

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