Populism gains in The Netherlands, despite Wilders’ seeming failure
Geert Wilders blew it when he quit the Dutch government in June, thereby precipitating last week’s snap election.
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Wilders tops Dutch polls for October elections, as Liberals slide
Two months ahead of Dutch elections, Geert Wilders' party continues to solidly lead the pack.
Wilders’ plan: Voters will have to choose him or left-tinged chaos
Many observers think Dutch populist politician Geert Wilders was crazy to dissolve the government he had spent so many years trying to be a part of.
Wilders vs the rest
Last week, Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof's government resigned. As in many Western European countries, the stumbling block was immigration.
European Parliament’s right-wing Patriots group holds first summit in Brussels
The European Parliament group Patriots for Europe have convened their first summit in Brussels, bringing together key political figures such as Geert Wilders, Marine…
Is Pieter Omtzigt’s Dutch centrist party over?
Pieter Omtzigt's meteoric rise to the top of Dutch national politics appears to have been followed by an equally impressive collapse.
Wilders wants Dutch Government to send Syrians home
Geert Wilders, whose Freedom Party (PVV) party sits in the Dutch Government, has said he wants Syrians to be sent back to their home country.
Conservative Dutch broadcaster ON suspends its own chief
Ongehoord Nederland (ON), a Conservative Dutch public broadcaster, has ousted its own president and founder, Arnold Karskens, citing serious complaints about his…
EU Liberals drop threat to exclude Dutch party over cooperation with Geert Wilders
Threats to kick the Liberal Dutch People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) out of the European Parliament's Renew group over its co-operation with the hard-right,…
PVV ‘wants former Dutch MP who aimed to abolish foreign aid as new foreign aid minister’
Dutch media report that Geert Wilders' Freedom Party (PVV) wants to make Reneitte Klever the new minister of foreign trade and foreign aid, a department she wanted…
RENEW chief should ‘leave’ group if she cannot accept Wilders coalition
European Liberals are split over co-operation with Geert Wilders in the Netherlands, with Emmanuel Macron's Renaissance party being warned they must work with their…
PVV negotiator seen with notes citing ‘strictest asylum package ever’
A negotiator in the Dutch government formation talks was photographed with a draft coalition agreement in his hands, thereby leaking key elements of the negotiations.
Dutch Government ‘pays €4 million a week to put up migrants in hotels’
More than 8,000 asylum seekers are currently residing in at least 50 hotels and holiday parks in the Netherlands at an estimated total cost of around €4 million…
Dutch elections to trigger ‘big changes in EU’, says Brussels Signal’s Carl Deconinck
The Right's victory in the recent Dutch elections will result in big changes in the European Union, according to Brussels Signal's expert on the country Carl Deconinck.
Dutch coalition government talks hit first bump on the road
Geert Wilders's attempt to lead a Dutch Government hit a setback on November 24 when Dilan Yesilgöz, leader of the Liberal centre-right VVD party, said the party's…
Dutch elections: Wilders soars in polls, ahead of Timmermans
In a poll published on November 18, Wilders gained a projected five extra seats, sharing the top spot with the right-liberal VVD party.