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How to watch the Dutch elections like a pro
THE HAGUE — The Dutch are voting to choose a new parliament in a knife-edge election with three major groupings vying to propose the next prime minister. After 13 years as leader of the Netherlands,...
View ArticleDutch on brink of electing first female leader
THE HAGUE — Dutch voters may be about to get someone very different from the outgoing veteran prime minister Mark Rutte. A former refugee, Dilan Yeşilgöz, who succeeded Rutte as leader of the VVD...
View ArticleDutch election: Far-right surge gives Geert Wilders late boost
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands — A sudden surge in support for far-right firebrand Geert Wilders has electrified the Dutch election as the campaign enters its final hours. Wilders’ anti-Islam and anti-EU...
View ArticleDutch election is wide open as voting begins
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands — As Dutch polling stations open on Wednesday, any one of four rival party leaders could yet win power. Volatile polls in the final days of the campaign have left the outcome on...
View ArticleFar-right leader Geert Wilders wins Dutch election
SCHEVENINGEN, Netherlands — The anti-Islam, Euroskeptic radical Geert Wilders is projected to be the shock winner of the Dutch election. With almost all votes counted, in a dramatic result that will...
View ArticleGeert Wilders is the EU’s worst nightmare
THE HAGUE — One line in Geert Wilders’ inflammatory pitch to Dutch voters will haunt Brussels more than any other: a referendum on leaving the EU. Seven years after the British voted for Brexit, a...
View ArticleThe Dutch Trump: Who is Geert Wilders and what does he want?
Geert Wilders, with his peroxide blond hair and fiery rhetoric, has long been one of the Netherlands’ best-known lawmakers at home and abroad. Nicknamed the Dutch Donald Trump, he is famous for his...
View ArticleGeert Wilders seeks coalition allies after seismic Dutch election
THE HAGUE — Far-right populist Geert Wilders wants to be the Netherlands’ next prime minister. His party won around 25 percent of Wednesday’s vote, becoming by far the largest in the lower house of...
View ArticleAfter Geert Wilders gives up, what’s next for the Netherlands?
Despite his dramatic win in the 2023 elections, Dutch far-right leader Geert Wilders has abandoned his bid to become prime minister. His gamble is that by giving up personal ambition, he will help...
View ArticleWho is Dick Schoof? 8 things to know about the new Dutch PM
Dick Schoof might be the most surprising prime minister the Dutch have ever had. While pundits have been tripping over each other trying to guess who could be the Netherlands’ next leader after Geert...
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