As Netherlands goes to the polls again, Geert Wilders faces isolation
With other parties refusing to govern with the far-right leader, months of political deadlock may lie aheadDutch election: the key players and main issuesVoters in the Netherlands return to the polls on Wednesday less than two years after Geert Wilders led his party to a shock election win that the...
<p>With other parties refusing to govern with the far-right leader, months of political deadlock may lie ahead</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/21/dutch-election-key-players-and-main-issues-snap-poll">Dutch election: the key players and main issues</a></p></li></ul><p>Voters in the Netherlands return to the polls on Wednesday less than two years after Geert Wilders led his party to a <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/nov/22/far-right-party-set-to-win-most-seats-in-dutch-elections-exit-polls-show">shock election win</a> that the anti-immigration agitator could well repeat – but this time, with little chance of his party ending up in government.</p><p>Polls suggest that Wilders’ far-right Freedom party (PVV) could again finish first in a vote triggered when <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/03/netherlands-government-collapse-geert-wilders">he pulled it out of</a> a fractious and ineffectual four-party rightwing coalition last June in a row over his 10-point plan for a radical crackdown on refugees.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/28/netherlands-polls-geert-wilders-faces-political-isolation">Continue reading...</a>
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