Leader of anti-immigration party set to win Dutch general election
Thursday, 23 November 2023 Geert Wilders, one of Europe's most prominent, controversial and inflammatory populist politicians, is heading for victory in the Dutch general election.
Dutch far-right candidate Geert Wilders has come out on top in an election that shook the Netherlands and the rest of Europe. His Freedom Party (PVV) won 37 out of 150 seats in the lower house of the country's parliament, far ahead of any opponents. Despite the resounding win, Wilders now faces a...
PVV leader Geert Wilders was hoping to ride a wave of support for the Dutch coalition he has managed to put together after winning big in national elections here in November and sees the rise of the right as part of a bigger, pan-European trend.
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The PVV’s Geert Wilders has in the past called for the Netherlands to leave the EU as Britain did, but his party’s manifesto makes no mention of a so-called Nexit and instead urges voters to back the PVV so it can change the EU from within.
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