Dutch PM held in high regard for handling of Ukraine flight disaster, poll shows

Mark Rutte’s Liberals would gain four seats in parliament if election held now

Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte (right) with Malaysia’s prime minister Najib Razak in The Hague last month. Photograph: Jasper Juinen/Getty Images

Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte (right) with Malaysia’s prime minister Najib Razak in The Hague last month. Photograph: Jasper Juinen/Getty Images

The first political poll in the Netherlands since Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine last month shows overwhelming public support for the handling of the disaster’s aftermath by prime minister Mark Rutte and his coalition government.

Although anger flared immediately after the crash at the government’s helplessness faced with bodies left uncovered in temperatures of 35 degrees and pro-Russian separatists searching personal belongings, the mood became more sombre as the dead began being flown home.

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