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    • Friday, 24 November, 2023
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      Geert Wilders’ victory is a warning for Europe

      Success of the far right in the Netherlands will embolden populists elsewhere

      An election poster for Geert Wilders
    • Friday, 24 November, 2023
      FT News Briefing podcast12 min listen
      What the Dutch far-right win means for the EU

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    • Friday, 24 November, 2023
      News in-depth
      Geert Wilders: the anti-Islam leader vowing to ‘put the Dutch first’

      Freedom party founder has made crude attacks on Muslim faith, migrants and Brussels

      Geert Wilders
    • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
      News in-depth
      Wilders’ win in Dutch election is a boon for Europe’s far right

      Veteran anti-Islam, anti-EU politician has capitalised on voter fears about immigration

      Geert Wilders gives a speech in The Hague on Wednesday after the announcement of the first exit poll results
    • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
      Instant InsightTony Barber
      Far-right Dutch victory puts European liberal democracy on defensive

      Geert Wilders’ success will make it harder for EU to forge common stances on migration, Ukraine and enlargement

      Geert Wilders, leader of the far-right Freedom party (PVV)
    • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
      Far-right’s Geert Wilders wins big in Dutch election

      Anti-EU politician pledges to curb ‘asylum tsunami’ but will need other parties for coalition

      Geert Wilders
    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
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      OpenAI and Sam Altman’s superpowers

      Israel and Hamas agree a deal to release 50 hostages

    • Monday, 20 November, 2023
      News in-depth
      Geert Wilders set for political comeback in Dutch election

      Veteran far-right, anti-Islam leader could be kingmaker in next coalition government after Wednesday’s vote

      Geert Wilders at a convention in January 2023
    • Thursday, 16 November, 2023
      FT MagazineSimon Kuper
      The Dutch are piloting a saner European right

      Post-Thatcherite, post-Trumpian, next week’s elections are tapping into a mood for dry moderation

    • Wednesday, 8 November, 2023
      News in-depth
      Pieter Omtzigt: the radical centrist who could become Dutch prime minister

      New party of former Christian Democrat politician tops opinion polls ahead of November 22 elections

      Pieter Omtzigt
    • Wednesday, 17 November, 2021
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      Shell’s Dutch exit leaves investors with a dilemma

      Buybacks prompted by restructuring may encourage shareholders to stay

      Tab seal caps for oil drums sit in a tray at the Royal Dutch Shell lubricants blending plant in Torzhok, Russia
    • Thursday, 18 March, 2021
      Rutte set for historic fourth term in coalition with pro-EU party

      Dutch poll results could herald ‘more constructive’ attitude to Europe, say analysts

    • Thursday, 18 June, 2020
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      ‘Frugal four’ chief Mark Rutte leads opposition to EU recovery plan

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      Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte
    • Tuesday, 10 October, 2017
      Netherlands strikes deal over four-party coalition
    • Monday, 9 October, 2017
      Europe Express
      Fragile coalition exposes Dutch dangers for EU’s visionaries 

      The populists may have lost out but the Netherlands still has a large bloc of anti-EU MPs

      Netherlands' Prime Minister Mark Rutte holds a news conference during an EU Summit at the European Council headquarters in Brussels, Belgium December 15, 2016. REUTERS/Eric Vidal
    • Tuesday, 15 August, 2017
      FT SeriesThe Europopulists
      Amsterdam in pieces: why Dutch voters rejected politics as usual

      How one of Europe’s most stable electorates has become fickle and fractured 

      Early-morning bike commuter in Amsterdam
    • Monday, 20 March, 2017
      World
      Dutch PM Mark Rutte points to preference for centrist coalition

      Tie-up with liberal D66 and centre-right Christian Democratic Appeal favoured

      Mark Rutte, Dutch prime minister and leader of the Liberal Party (VVD), arrives for a meeting at the House of Representatives at the Dutch Parliament following the national elections in The Hague, Netherlands, on Thursday, March 16, 2017. Dutch voters turned out in force to back pro-European parties and help Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s Liberals easily beat off an election challenge by the anti-Islam Freedom Party of Geert Wilders, drawing a line in the sand over the spread of populism. Photographer: Jasper Juinen/Bloomberg
    • Friday, 17 March, 2017
      World
      Eurogroup chief becomes high-profile casualty of Dutch elections

      Labour loss could cost Dijsselbloem his post despite seeing eurozone through crises

      FILE PHOTO: Dutch Finance Minister and Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem talks to the media as he arrives at European Union finance ministers meeting in Brussels, Belgium, February 21, 2017. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir/File Photo
    • Thursday, 16 March, 2017
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      Eurozone bonds look beyond Dutch vote

      Early market rally reverses as investor focus turns to ECB taper

      TOPSHOT - Netherlands' prime minister and VVD party leader Mark Rutte arrives to deliver a speech after winning the general elections in The Hague on March 15, 2017. The Liberal party of Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte was set to win the most seats in Wednesday's elections, forcing far-right Geert Wilders into second place along with two other parties, the Christian Democratic Appeal and the Democracy party D66, exit polls predicted. / AFP PHOTO / JOHN THYSJOHN THYS/AFP/Getty Images
    • Thursday, 16 March, 2017
      Global InsightTony Barber
      Voting system keeps Wilders seeking breakthrough win

      Dutch result shows how continental elections neutralise extremism better than US or UK

      THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS - MARCH 15: Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte is greeted by supporters as he leaves after making a speech following his victory in the Dutch general election on March 15, 2017 in The Hague, Netherlands. Dutch voters have gone to the polls in one of the most tightly contested general elections in recent years. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images) *** BESTPIX ***
    • Thursday, 16 March, 2017
      World
      Dutch election results underline Mark Rutte’s survival skills

      PM tops election field with shift to right but faces tricky task to build coalition

      epa05851014 Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte during election night in The Hague, The Netherlands, 15 March 2017. Rutte's center-right VVD party has won the most seats in the parliamentary elections according to the initial exit polls. EPA/NIELS WENSTEDT
    • Thursday, 16 March, 2017
      2 min
      Populists lose in Netherlands poll

      Duncan Robinson reports from Amsterdam on the Dutch election outcome

    • Thursday, 16 March, 2017
      Instant InsightTony Barber
      Dutch election result holds back populist tide Premium content

      Mark Rutte secures victory but the radical right have not gone away, writes Tony Barber

      THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS - MARCH 15: Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte is greeted by supporters as he leaves after making a speech following his victory in the Dutch general election on March 15, 2017 in The Hague, Netherlands. Dutch voters have gone to the polls in one of the most tightly contested general elections in recent years. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)
    • Thursday, 16 March, 2017
      FT SeriesThe Europopulists
      Dutch voters crush hopes of populist Wilders

      Incumbent Mark Rutte defeats far-right rival but faces coalition conundrum

      epa05851043 Leader of the Party for Freedom (PVV), Geert Wilders reacts on the election results in The Hague, The Netherlands, 16 March 2017. According to initial exit polls in the Dutch parliamentary elections, Prime Minister Mark Rutte's center-right People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) is projected to win 31 seats out of 150, and the far-right party of Wilders with 19 seats. EPA/REMKO DE WAAL
    • Thursday, 16 March, 2017
      Europe ExpressWorld
      Europhile surge, Labour collapse: What we learned from the Dutch elections
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