Rutte survives no confidence vote in Groningen gas debate

Prime minister Mark Rutte survived yet another no-confidence vote at the end of two days of debate on the Groningen gas crisis, with the fundamentalist Protestant SGP the only party to support the cabinet. Rutte had faced a barrage of criticism for his handling of the scandal, which has played out across his 10-year tenure as prime minister. Gas production in Groningen is now being wound down but since 1985, some 1,600 earthquakes have struck the province, damaging 85,000 buildings....