Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte | Frederick Florin/AFP via Getty Images Dutch PM refuses to rule out coalition deal with far-right ‘Many of the PVV’s electoral views are not in line with democracy and rule of law,’ says Mark Rutte.

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte refused to rule out forming a coalition with the far-right Freedom Party (PVV) of Geert Wilders, which has been leading in the polls ahead of a parliamentary election in March.

Rutte said his liberal People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) "does not exclude any parties" but he told Dutch public television that a deal with the PVV "is not something that I would want."

Opinion polls suggest that the PVV could win as many as 30 seats in the 150-seat parliament in a general election, but it would struggle to find coalition partners.

Wilders in February said he thought it "unlikely" that a coalition deal with the liberals could be reached, adding: "I have been in opposition against him [Rutte] for years."

The PVV published its electoral program late August saying that if it came to power, it would reverse the “Islamization” of the Netherlands. It wants to close mosques and Islamic schools, secure borders, ban the Quran, and close centers for asylum seekers.

Rutte said that "many of the PVV's electoral views are not in line with democracy and rule of law."

After the 2010 general election, the Liberals and Labour formed a minority coalition and needed the support of the PVV to get a majority in parliament.

Rutte, who has been prime minister since 2010, said in an interview published in August with Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf that he had no intention of standing down. "I'm going on. I feel an incredible drive to continue," Rutte said.