Lessons from the Wilders election victor • Table.Briefings

In a celebratory mood after the election in the Netherlands: party comrades around right-wing extremist Geert Wilders.

Following the triumph of the far-right in the Dutch elections, the search for causes is beginning. Observers believe that the outgoing head of government Mark Rutte and his liberal party are partly responsible.

Conspicuous silence in Brussels – jubilation in Budapest, Paris, and Rome: Geert Wilders’ election success was mainly commented on by the right-wing parties in Europe. EU politicians, on the other hand, kept a low profile, even in the usually talkative European Parliament it took a long time to recover from the election shock in the Netherlands.

Lessons from the Wilders election victory

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