Polls suggest anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders and his Freedom Party on course to win largest number of seats.
Polls suggest anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders and his Freedom Party on course to win largest number of seats.
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People in the Netherlands are voting in a high-stakes snap election dominated by immigration and housing issues that will test the strength of the far right, which is on the rise across Europe.
Polls suggest Geert Wilders’ far-right Freedom party (PVV) could finish first in vote triggered when he pulled out of rightwing…
Wilders was the clear winner last time Dutch voters went to the polls in November 2023, but this time the race is far tighter.
Dutch voters will be heading to the polls on Wednesday, for the second time in 11 months. Geert Wilders, leader of the Party for…
Right-wing narratives about immigration have made inroads in the Netherlands.
Major parties rule out coalition with rightwinger, giving his party little chance of being part of government
With other parties refusing to govern with the far-right leader, months of political deadlock may lie ahead
