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Dutch leader faces pressure over old-school text messages

FILE - Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte poses for a picture during a campaign stop in Breda, Netherlands, Saturday, March 11, 2017. The long-serving Dutch prime minister is under unusual political and public pressure after revelations that he has been deleting text messages about official matters for years. Critics accuse him of concealing state activity, but he says the messages just took up too much space in his years-old Nokia phone. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, left, appears to remove the sim card form his smartphone as he waits for the arrival of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, May 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte holds his smartphone as he gets out of his car prior to the arrival of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, May 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Dutch leader faces pressure over old-school text messages