Dutch ‘Dr. Superstrict’ Rutte influential in EU virus deal

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has not won many new friends with his tough negotiating over the course of a marathon four-day European Union summit in Brussels. That didn’t bother the three-term leader who is a veteran of plenty of past EU negotiations. He told reporters during a lull in the marathon summit that ended early Tuesday, “We are not here because we are going to be visitors at each other’s birthday party later.” At the summi