As liberal-progressive D66 party makes huge gains in election, former junior athlete with ‘positive story’ and ‘vision’ leads race for power

Dutch voters will be heading to the polls on Wednesday, for the second time in 11 months. Geert Wilders, leader of the Party for Freedom, hopes to turn the vote into a referendum…

Result would pave the way for the Netherlands’ first out gay prime minister and end far-right populist Geert Wilders’ time in power

The result instead seems to open a path for D66 leader Rob Jetten to form a government