Dutch PM deleted texts on mobile 'to save space'

The Hague (AFP) May 18, 2022

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said Wednesday he had for years deleted messages to his ageing mobile phone to save space, but insisted any important texts had been archived. Rutte, whose devotion to his old Nokia has chimed with his frugal public image, made the admission after De Volkskrant newspaper sought access to government communications during the Covid pandemic. The 55-year-old