Is this the Prime Minister that saved the EU?

SBS World News Radio: Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte is claiming victory over the anti-Islam Freedom Party's Geert Wilders in the country's general election.

Is this the Prime Minister that saved the EU?

Mr Wilders' party had been leading in opinion polls, but support for the party appeared to slip before the election.

The vote is seen as the first of three crucial elections in the Eurozone this year, with France and Germany to follow.

SBS Europe Corrospondent Brett Mason is in the Netherlands and is speaking to Peggy Giakoumelos.