Dutch vote to set off Europe's 'super election year'

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DUTCH voters head to crunch parliamentary polls in two months' time, heralding the start of a "super election year" in three of Europe's leading economies: The Netherlands, France and Germany.

After the surprise Brexit result in Britain and as Donald Trump's inauguration looms on Friday in the United States, the spotlight is shifting to the continent's future political landscape.

"It's going to be something of a 'super election' year in Europe," said University of Amsterdam political analyst Claes de Vreese. "There will be a lot of focus on these elections."

On March…