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How centrists helped Geert Wilders win the Dutch election

18 mins | Dec 9, 2023
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Mark Rutte’s government pandered to the anti-immigrant right, failing to address a benefits scandal, housing crisis, and inflation. The governing centre-right People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy in the Netherlands paved the way for far-right Geert Wilders, Thijs Kleinpaste argues. Read by Simon Mattacks.

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