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Wilders’s Far-Right Party Faces Rebuke in the Netherlands

Geert Wilders suffered a loss of support as a center-left party staged major gains, an election result that could offer lessons for Europe’s far right.

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A campaign poster of Geert Wilders in The Hague on Wednesday.

Far-Right Party Suffers Big Losses in Dutch Election as Centrists Surge

30 October 2025 at 21:12
The progressive Democrats 66 gained seats and tied with the far-right party of Geert Wilders, which fell back sharply from a strong performance two years ago.

© Peter Dejong/Associated Press

Rob Jetten, the leader of the socially progressive party Democrats 66, ran a campaign of relentless optimism.
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