Far-Right Party for Freedom Wins Dutch Elections
Geert Wilders tasked with forming new coalition government as outgoing Prime Minister's party declines to join
- Geert Wilders' far-right Party for Freedom (PVV) wins the Dutch parliamentary elections, securing 37 of the 150 seats in the Dutch parliament.
- Outgoing Prime Minister Mark Rutte's party, the People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), loses 10 seats and announces it will not join the new government but will support a center-right administration in parliament.
- Wilders' victory marks a significant shift to the right in Dutch politics, and he is now tasked with forming a new coalition government.
- Despite his anti-Islam rhetoric, some Dutch Muslims express support for Wilders due to his economic policies.
- Wilders' victory is seen as part of a broader trend of rising far-right, nationalist, populist, or anti-system parties in Europe.
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