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Early general elections were held in the Netherlands on 22 November 2023 to elect the members of the House of Representatives. [1] [2] The elections had been expected to be held in 2025, but a snap election was called after the fourth Rutte cabinet collapsed on 7 July 2023 due to disagreements on immigration policy between the coalition parties. [3]
Anti-Islam populist Geert Wilders won a huge victory in Dutch elections, according to a near complete count of the vote early Thursday, in a stunning lurch to the far right for a nation once famed ...
Far-right figure Geert Wilders and his Party for Freedom (PVV), won a shock victory in one of the biggest Dutch political upsets since World War Two. The country voted in a general election on ...
Dutch anti-EU far-right populist Geert Wilders will start looking for coalition partners on Thursday after a massive election win that is set to have wide repercussions in the Netherlands and Europe.
The PvdA suffered heavy losses in the election, being reduced from 38 to 9 seats, while the VVD lost 8 seats, falling from 41 to 33 but remaining the largest party. The Party for Freedom (PVV) came in second with 20 seats, 5 more than it won in the 2012 election, while the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) gained 6 seats to win 19 in total.
The Freedom Party will still need to form a coalition government, but has already more than doubled the 17 seats it won at the last election. “I had to pinch my arm,” a jubilant Mr Wilders ...
The 2023 Dutch general election resulted in losses for all parties in the fourth Rutte cabinet.The Party for Freedom (PVV) became the largest party in the House of Representaties for the first time and then formed a coalition with the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), New Social Contract (NSC) and the Farmer–Citizen Movement (BBB).
The hard-right Dutch politician's victory has reinvigorated Europe’s populist right at a time when many believed it was losing support. ... of the Dutch elections is particularly bad news for ...