
Netherlands Municipal Elections See Local Populists Strengthen
Local parties performed particularly well in areas where the location of new refugee centres was an issue.

Local parties performed particularly well in areas where the location of new refugee centres was an issue.

Even before the final results were known, GroenLinks-PvdA party leader Frans Timmermans announced his resignation. It was not a minute too soon.

In one Netherlands city, the left-wing parties PvdA and GroenLinks want homeless people to be permitted to beg once again—even with minimal enforcement of current regulations.

Former EU ‘climate pope’ Frans Timmermans is accused of “fairy tale” thinking, and not for the first time.

Voters have turned away from Wilders’ former coalition partner after it ruled out working with his party in a future government.