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Rob Jetten Poised to Make History in Dutch Politics
Rob Jetten, 38, leads D66 to top election results by addressing immigration and housing, aiming to unite rivals and counter far-right influence, officials said.
- Rob Jetten, leader of Democrats 66, is on track to become the Netherlands' youngest and first openly gay prime minister after a razor-thin Wednesday election result.
- D66's campaign remade Rob Jetten's image through polished messaging and a surge in advertising, promoting asylum processing outside the EU and new towns to ease housing shortages; he said, `Together we can beat Wilders, I am ready.`
- With more than 98% counted, the race boiled down to a 2.000‑vote gap, and Geert Wilders temporarily halted campaigning after a terror threat on Thursday.
- Rob Jetten will lead coalition talks, getting the first shot at forming government after the coalition collapsed in June this year and past talks lasted more than six months.
- A Jetten government could restore the Netherlands' clout in Brussels, analysts say, if aligned with the Renew political family, while the far right fragmented as JA21 and Forum for Democracy gained seats and D66 faced recent anti-migration violence in The Hague.
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At 38, Rob Jetten will probably be the youngest Prime Minister in the Netherlands, the first to be openly homosexual. Portrait. ...
·Brussels, Belgium
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Until the elections, right-wing populist Geert Wilders determined the country's policy. Now he lost to a politician who also welcomes foreigners.
·Zürich, Switzerland
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The left-liberal was able to score with his positive charisma and optimism in the parliamentary elections in the Netherlands. The "anti-wilders" could become the youngest – and the first homosexual – prime minister in the country's history.
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