Oct. 29 (UPI) -- Voters in the Netherlands were headed to the polls on Wednesday five months after Prime Minister Dick Schoof's four-party coalition collapsed after Geert Wilders' Freedom Party pulled the plug amid a battle over migration.
Wilders was eyeing a repeat of November 2023 when his PVV party won the most votes but his prospects of governing appeared signficantly diminshed by the fact the parties that enabled him to ultimately cobble together a government have made it clear they will not work him this time around.
The country is also grappling with very serious problems ranging from a cost of living crisis and exorbitant rents amid a serious housing shortage to skyrocketing healthcare costs and job security.
That meant the second-placed party, rather than the "winner," was likely key, analysts said, as they would be the kingmaker calling the shots on who gets to form the government, with a centrist administration the most likely outcome.
Related
