The Netherlands voted, and Geert Wilders’ Freedom Party has won the most seats in the Dutch parliament.
Europe hates Wilders, who will likely become prime minister, because of his populist politics. I’m seeing the headlines calling him anti-Islam and far-right.
The Netherlands only had this election because the government couldn’t “rein in migration.”
From Fox News:
In his first reaction, posted in a video on X, formerly Twitter, he spread his arms wide, put his face in his hands and said simply “35!” — the number of seats an exit poll forecast his Party for Freedom, or PVV, won in the 150-seat lower house of parliament.The only time Wilders came close to governing was when he supported the first coalition formed by Prime Minister Mark Rutte in 2010. But Wilders did not formally join the minority administration and brought it down after just 18 months in office in a dispute over austerity measures. Since then, mainstream parties have shunned him.”The PVV wants to, from a fantastic position with 35 seats that can totally no longer be ignored by any party, cooperate with other parties,” he told cheering supporters at his election celebration in a small bar in a suburb of The Hague.
Wilders once promised “no Islamic schools, Qurans or mosques.” He also wanted to leave the European Union and stop giving asylum to people.
Wilders has softened his strong stances, vowing that his actions “would be within the law and constitution.”
Prime Minister Mark Rutter in July after a four-party coalition could not agree on migration.
Turkey refugee Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius, who took over for Rutte, could have become The Netherlands’ prime minister if the People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy won the most votes.
The party ended up losing 11 seats.
In July, The Netherlands predicted it would see over 70,000 asylum applications this year, making it the highest since 2015.
“This will again put a strain on the country’s asylum facilities, where for months last year hundreds of refugees at a time were forced to sleep in the rough with little or no access to drinking water, sanitary facilities, or healthcare,” reported Reuters.
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