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THE HAGUE I The Netherlands has strong trading links with the UK and is keen to keep it is as a partner in the single market if at all possible. But there are other similarities that make it wary of doing too much to help the British. The Netherlands has its own anti-EU political movement headed by Geert Wilders, leader of the Party for Freedom. The last thing the pro-EU parties want is to allow Wilders to say that exiting could be pain-free. Hans van Baalen, a Dutch MEP, says “there are a lot of friends of the UK here” and a lot of willingness to help.

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