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DUTCH Prime Minister Mark Rutte and populist Freedom Party leader Geert Wilders questioned each other's credibility and integrity as they faced off on live national television for the first time in the country's election campaign, just 36 hours before the polls open.
The Liberal premier said he won't trust Mr Wilders again after the Freedom Party walked away from supporting Mr Rutte's first minority Cabinet in 2012 during an economic crisis.
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