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Dutch general election focuses on migration and housing crisis as Wilders seeks another win
Far-right leader Geert Wilders leads polls with a pledge to halt asylum-seekers amid a housing crisis worsened by policy failures, officials said migration dropped by 19,000 last year.
- On Oct. 29, voters will decide the Dutch parliament's House of Representatives as migration and housing dominate the campaign and Geert Wilders' Party for Freedom leads polls.
- Violent protests against new asylum-seeker centres have broken out in recent months, sometimes featuring a tricolor flag linked to WWII Nazi sympathizers.
- The PVV manifesto calls for a `total halt` to asylum-seekers, a move the Dutch Order of Lawyers warns could breach treaties after Geert Wilders withdrew his lawmakers in June, collapsing the coalition.
- Many mainstream Dutch parties have ruled out forming a coalition with Geert Wilders, making it unlikely he could govern even as unrest and housing pressures persist in recent months.
- Experts warn that treating immigration as a cultural threat has boosted far-right support but may leave voters dissatisfied, Professor Léonie de Jonge said, while around 40% of migrant arrivals came from Europe.
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Dutch general election focuses on migration and housing crisis as Wilders seeks another win
The Dutch election is highlighting two major issues. One is migration and the other is housing shortages. Palwasha Hamzad wants the focus on housing.
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Total News Sources17
Leaning Left7Leaning Right1Center6Last UpdatedBias Distribution50% Left
Bias Distribution
- 50% of the sources lean Left
50% Left
L 50%
C 43%
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