Dutch centrist leader Rob Jetten on Friday claimed victory in a knife-edge election over far-right head Geert Wilders, saying his surprise success showed populist movements could be beaten in Europe. The 38-year-old head of the D66 centrist party is now on track to become the youngest and first openly gay prime minister of the European Union's fifth-largest
The Dutch election climaxed in an unprecedented cliffhanger Thursday, with only a few thousand votes separating the far-right party of firebrand Geert Wilders and a pro-European centrist party. With 99.7 per cent of the vote tallied, the anti-Islam PVV Freedom Party run by Wilders was fractionally ahead of the Democrats 66 (D66) led by the energetic
An exit poll published immediately after voting ended Wednesday in the Netherlands' general election suggested the result was too close to call, with the center-left D66 narrowly ahead of the far-right party of anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders and tough coalition talks likely to follow. The poll showed that D66 would win 27 seats, a rise of 18 compared
Dutch voters appeared to have shunned far-right leader Geert Wilders in favour of a centrist party, exit polls suggested Wednesday, after a snap election watched closely in Europe where extremists are gaining ground. The centrist D66 party was projected to win 27 seats out of 150 in parliament, ahead of Wilders and his far-right PVV Freedom Party with
The Dutch headed to the polls Wednesday for a snap election seen as a litmus test for the strength of the far-right, which has made powerful gains across Europe. Polls suggest anti-immigration and anti-Islam firebrand Geert Wilders is narrowly on course to repeat his stunning election success from two years ago with his far-right Freedom Party (PVV)