Beijing has said it will loosen a chip export ban it imposed after Dutch authorities took over Nexperia - a Chinese-owned chipmaker based in the Netherlands.

"This is the best result for D66 ever," 38-year-old party leader Rob Jetten told a crowd of party insiders and media after he had been welcomed with chants of the party's optimistic election slogan "Het kan wel", or "It is possible".

Geert Wilders suffered a loss of support as a center-left party staged major gains, an election result that could offer lessons for Europe’s far right.

The clearest rebuke of Wilders came from Wednesday’s big winner: Rob Jetten, the 38-year-old leader of the progressive liberal Democrats (D66), who has emerged as the face of a younger, more progressive generation.

The outcome of Wednesday's vote in the Netherlands could determine the strength of the far-right in a knife-edge race.View on euronews

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Far from expressing the urgent interests of the masses, the vote represents a further stage in the reshuffling of power among factions of the ruling elite as they grapple with mounting social, economic and geopolitical turmoil.

Votes are still being counted in the Netherlands after a tense election, leaving uncertainty about the future government.

The U.S. ally also agreed to develop small drones for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance with General Atomics.

Amazon has revealed plans to invest €1.4 billion ($1.63 billion) in the Netherlands over the next three years, according to an announcement the company made on Monday. The proposed financial outlay marks the company’s largest commitment to the country since it launched there in 2020 and also follows a €1.

Democrats 66 (D66), a liberal centrist party, has narrowly beaten Geert Wilders' right-wing Party for Freedom (PVV) in the Netherlands' general election. With all but a few thousand votes yet to be counted,