US EditionWilders, Timmermans Are Among the Leaders of the Key Parties in Dutch Election
Wilders' Party for Freedom aims for largest bloc amid disputes over migration and coalition trust, with polls showing a tight race against the Labor Party-Greens bloc.
- On Tuesday, the Dutch campaign hit the home stretch ahead of Wednesday's vote for all 150 seats in a close race between Geert Wilders' Party for Freedom and the center-left Labor Party-Greens bloc.
- Following years of scandals eroding trust, Wilders' Party for Freedom withdrew ministers shortly after 2014, triggering the fourth election and a short-lived government, according to the source.
- The campaign centers on migrants and housing, with a Facebook group run by two unnamed members of Wilders' party posting fake AI images targeting Frans Timmermans; the Dutch proportional representation system means coalition talks could take months.
- Whoever leads the next coalition will shape politics in the coming years, with mainstream parties ruling out working with Wilders whose trust is questioned, while King Willem-Alexander urged compromise amid polarization.
- Wilders' party members, who helped form the center-left Labor Party-Greens bloc, have lived under protection for more than two decades, as Wilders' surge shifted coalition dynamics two years ago.
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Dutch election campaign in final stretch as Geert Wilders seeks second victory
Dutch political leaders are wrapping up their campaigns before the general election. Anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders seeks a second victory for his far-right Party for Freedom in the vote on Wednesday.
For the second time in eleven months, the Dutch were called to the polls on Wednesday. Geert Wilders, leader of the Freedom Party, hoped to transform the election into a plebiscite for his anti-immigration programme. But the refusal of the liberal right and Christian-Democrats to govern with him might prevent him from becoming prime minister.
Geert Wilders could win the parliamentary election in the Netherlands again – but in a short time and with losses. He should no longer find a coalition partner. In the other places it becomes confusing.
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