
Netherlands: Wilders Coalition Negotiator Resigns Before Talks Start
The coalition formation talks are expected to be longer and more arduous than what is common even in Dutch politics.

The coalition formation talks are expected to be longer and more arduous than what is common even in Dutch politics.

Wilders, who has been under constant police protection since 2004 due to Islamist threats, now has to worry about violence coming his way from the Left.

The Dutch populist Right’s historic victory shows just how disconnected the liberal establishment was from the people, although the road to a right-wing coalition government might be a rocky one.

Election forecasters weren’t prepared for the victory because fondness for Wilders is considered ‘distasteful’ by the Dutch ruling class. Backing Wilders is like wearing a red MAGA cap in downtown Manhattan.

UPDATE: With 94% of the vote counted, the right-wing populist PVV is the projected winner with 37 seats, more than doubling its share in the parliament.

Geert Wilders’ populist PVV gains ten more seats in the latest nationwide poll and wins mock ‘school elections.’

While a majority of those surveyed see no issue, Pieter Omtzigt, the leader of the upstart NSC party leading the polls, does not want that coalition to include Geert Wilders’ PVV party, currently polling fourth.

Meanwhile, the Netherlands’ liberal-globalist parties that make up the governing coalition have witnessed their seat estimates drop from 79 to 43.

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