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Right-wing party set for Dutch election victory – exit poll

Geert Wilders’ Party For Freedom has more than doubled its presence in the Netherlands’ parliament, pollsters say.

The right-wing Party For Freedom (PVV) has taken a commanding lead in the Dutch general election, winning 35 parliamentary seats compared to the Green-Labour alliance’s 26, according to an early exit poll.

Released half an hour after voting closed on Wednesday night, the poll showed the PVV winning 35 seats, the Green-Labour alliance winning 26, and retiring Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) taking 23. The newly-formed New Social Contract, a centrist party, is projected to come in fourth place with 20 seats.

Should the results remain unchanged, the PVV will emerge as the largest party in parliament. It won 17 seats in 2021’s general election, losing some of the right-wing vote to the then-ascendant Forum for Democracy (FvD). However, Wednesday’s exit poll showed the FvD on track to lose five of its eight seats.

PVV Leader Geert Wilders published a video of himself celebrating, exclaiming “thirty-five!” as the results were broadcast on the Netherlands’ NOS network.

Despite Wilders’ jubilation, he is unlikely to be able to form a government, as most of the Netherlands’ mainstream parties have ruled out working with the PVV. Wilders’ party supports restrictions on Muslim immigration and the closure of mosques, although Wilders toned down his usually fiery rhetoric in the run-up to this year’s vote.

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Source:RT News

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4 COMMENTS

  1. People are waking up.
    Even sheeple.
    “You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time.”
    ― Abraham Lincoln

  2. Hopefully the rest of Europe is awake to being governed / bullied by NON-elected creatures that infest the EU Communist Parliament.
    Nigel Farage was correct in his assessments and criteria-based rants on the EU Floor, which led to Brexit! 🙂
    INTERPOL will do nothing to investigate those currently sitting…
    But – Nazi Party member Rudolph Hess once told Albert Speer that “Pan Europe is a good idea!”
    Hence, the EU proves that such an idea has now been demonstrated to be a failure anyway!

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