Geert Wilders’ far-right party looks set to be narrowly beaten into second place in the contest for Dutch seats in the European Parliament, according to an exit poll published on Thursday.
That put it a nose ahead of Wilders’ far-right Party for Freedom (PVV) which, according to the exit poll, should pick up seven seats.
The center-right party of outgoing prime minister Mark Rutte (VVD) is expected to win four seats.
It seems to confirm a far-right surge, impacting areas such as asylum and migration as well as climate policy.
It also entrenches an upward streak for Wilders, who upset the Dutch political landscape by coming in first in a national election last November, and marks a stark contrast with the last European election in 2019 when he failed to secure even a single seat.
Wilders’ smaller coalition allies, the right-wing populist Farmer Citizen Movement (BBB), and centrist New Social Contract (NSC), both newcomers to the European arena, also appear to have both managed to clinch seats, with 2 and 1 respectively.
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Geert Wilders’ far-right party looks set to be narrowly beaten into second place in the contest for Dutch seats in the European Parliament, according to an exit poll published on Thursday.
That put it a nose ahead of Wilders’ far-right Party for Freedom (PVV) which, according to the exit poll, should pick up seven seats.
The center-right party of outgoing prime minister Mark Rutte (VVD) is expected to win four seats.
It seems to confirm a far-right surge, impacting areas such as asylum and migration as well as climate policy.
It also entrenches an upward streak for Wilders, who upset the Dutch political landscape by coming in first in a national election last November, and marks a stark contrast with the last European election in 2019 when he failed to secure even a single seat.
Wilders’ smaller coalition allies, the right-wing populist Farmer Citizen Movement (BBB), and centrist New Social Contract (NSC), both newcomers to the European arena, also appear to have both managed to clinch seats, with 2 and 1 respectively.
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