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    • Wednesday, 15 March, 2017
      World
      Dutch vote in test of far-right populism in Europe

      Turnout sharply higher than 2012 as immigration and economy dominate contest

      People queue to cast their vote as part of the Dutch general elections on Marker Wadden in Lelystad, on March 15, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / ANP / Koen Suyk / Netherlands OUTKOEN SUYK/AFP/Getty Images
    • Wednesday, 15 March, 2017
      News in-depthItalian politics6 min
      How the bond market is trading politics

      Thomas Hale and Kenneth Orchard of T Rowe Price on how to trade political

    • Wednesday, 15 March, 2017
      World1 min
      Dutch elections, Trump taxes

      Briefing of the key stories to watch for on Wednesday

    • Wednesday, 15 March, 2017
      Dutch elections: your guide to timings
    • Tuesday, 14 March, 2017
      Turkish referendum
      Erdogan says Dutch have ‘rotten character’ as row escalates

      Netherlands PM Rutte calls Turkish president’s reference to Srebrenica ‘disgusting’

      Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses to health sector workers at his palace in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, March 14, 2017. Erdogan has called Germany and the Netherlands "bandit states" that are harming the European Union amid Turkey's growing tensions with the two countries over Turkish ministers' plans to hold campaign meetings there.(Murat Cetinmuhurdar/Presidential Press Service, Pool Photo via AP)
    • Tuesday, 14 March, 2017
      FT SeriesThe Europopulists
      Is social media empowering Dutch populism?

      FT analysis explores the influence of Twitter and Facebook in the Netherlands’ election

    • Tuesday, 14 March, 2017
      World
      Populists seize the moment as Dutch fall out of love with EU

      Refugee and financial crises have brought simmering anger into the open

      A billboard in The Hague is seen showing candidates for the upcoming Dutch election in Netherlands March 12, 2017. The election will take place March 15. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez
    • Sunday, 12 March, 2017
      Turkish referendum
      Erdogan’s Dutch ‘Nazi’ comment sparks European backlash

      Tensions rise after Netherlands blocks entry to Turkish foreign minister

      People wave Turkish national flags during a demostration near the Turkish consulate in Rotterdam on March 11, 2017 after the Turkish Family Minister was barred by police from entering the Turkish consulate and escorted out of the country. Turkey's Family Minister Fatma Betul Sayan Kaya was back in Istanbul after being expelled from the Netherlands and escorted back to Germany by Dutch police, condemning The Hague's "ugly" treatment. / AFP PHOTO / ANP / Marten van Dijl / Netherlands OUTMARTEN VAN DIJL/AFP/Getty Images
    • Sunday, 12 March, 2017
      Turkish referendum
      Erdogan warns Netherlands after expulsion of Turkish minister

      Dutch police clash with protesters over referendum to extend president’s powers

      Riot police clash with demonstrators in the streets near the Turkish consulate in Rotterdam, Netherlands March 12, 2017. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
    • Friday, 10 March, 2017
      Global Economy
      Week ahead: Fed, Dutch election, Trump budget
    • Friday, 10 March, 2017
      FT SeriesThe Europopulists
      Dutch election: in the words of voters

      Residents across the Netherlands discuss populism, globalisation and the PVV

    • Friday, 10 March, 2017
      World
      Wilders’ one-man band heads for Dutch poll destiny

      Contradictory and controversial, the far-right politician runs on treadmill of outrage

      Firebrand anti Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders answers question from the media during an election campaign stop outside De Telegraaf newspaper buildings in Amsterdam Netherlands, Sunday, March 5, 2017. Wilders said he would ban Turkey's entire Cabinet from visiting the Netherlands in coming weeks to prevent ministers campaigning here for a referendum on changing Turkey's constitution. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
    • Thursday, 9 March, 2017
      FT MagazineSimon Kuper
      Why Wilders doesn’t worry the Dutch

      ‘His extreme statements still make news but have lost impact over time. It’s as if Trump had been leading a party for 11 years’

      Illustration by Luis Grañena of Geert Wilders
    • Thursday, 9 March, 2017
      US & Canadian companies
      Greens aim for breakthrough in Dutch election surge

      Young leader enjoys spotlight as polls suggest key role for party in coalition talks

      GreenLeft leader Jesse Klaver visiting a school in Amsterdam during election campaigning
    • Wednesday, 8 March, 2017
      Rutger Bregman
      Lessons from the Dutch on how to fight populism

      It is not enough for centrists simply to churn out facts about the economy

      Firebrand anti Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders, left, and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, pose for a group photo during a visit to De Telegraaf newspaper where six leaders of political parties made a special election edition of the newspaper in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Sunday, March 5, 2017. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
    • Friday, 3 March, 2017
      ExplainerFT Data
      Dutch elections: Geert Wilders’ Party for Freedom slides in opinion polls

      Possible coalition scenarios are multiplying

      (FILES) This file photo taken on January 29, 2016 shows Dutch far-right Freedom Party leader Geert Wilders speaking during a press conference at the end of the first ENF (Europe of Nations and Freedom) congress in Milan. Dutch anti-Islam MP Geert Wilders will appeal his conviction for discriminating against Moroccans as he believes the verdict is a "big loss for freedom of speech", his lawyer said on December 9, 2016. "Mr Wilders has indicated to us that he will appeal the conviction," lawyer Geert-Jan Knoops said in a statement. / AFP PHOTO / GIUSEPPE CACACEGIUSEPPE CACACE/AFP/Getty Images
    • Thursday, 2 March, 2017
      FT SeriesThe Europopulists
      How education level is the biggest predictor of support for Geert Wilders

      FT data analysis reveals surprising trends behind populist backing in the Netherlands

    • Tuesday, 28 February, 2017
      News in-depthBrexit
      Markets checklist for March: key events to watch

      Fed and ECB meetings, Dutch election, US jobs data and UK’s Article 50 all loom

    • Monday, 27 February, 2017
      World
      Can a pro-EU party thrive in Dutch elections?

      Liberal D66 polling well in a parliament set for a coalition, says leader Pechtold

      Centre-liberal party D66 leader Alexander Pechtold speaks on the evening of provincial elections in Leiden, The Netherlands, on March 18, 2015. The Netherlands voted on March 18 in a provincial election that will decide who sits in the Senate, a key poll that could paralyse premier Mark Rutte's ability to pass reforms. AFP PHOTO / ANP / MARTIJN BEEKMAN --NETHERLANDS OUT-- (Photo credit should read Martijn Beekman/AFP/Getty Images)
    • Thursday, 23 February, 2017
      World
      Geert Wilders suspends Dutch election appearances

      Employee of agency in charge of politician’s security arrested for leaking information

      (FILES) This file photo taken on February 18, 2017 shows Dutch far-right politician and leader of the Partij Voor De Vrijheid (PVV or Freedom Party) Geert Wilders (C) addressing journalists as he officially launches his parliamentary election campaign in Spijkenisse. Wilders and his far-right Freedom Party suspended all public activities on February 23, 2017 pending a probe after a police agent was arrested for leaking information about him to a Moroccan gang. / AFP PHOTO / JOHN THYSJOHN THYS/AFP/Getty Images
    • Thursday, 16 February, 2017
      World
      Splintering of Dutch politics makes election hard to predict

      Growth of pop-up parties in Netherlands reflects voter fatigue

      The Knight's Hall, where the government presents its annual budget plan, center left, sits amidst parliament and senate buildings on Binnenhof in The Hague, Netherlands, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017. Now, as a March 15 parliamentary election looms, the political mood is turning inward as popular lawmaker Geert Wilders dominates polls with an isolationist manifesto that calls for the Netherlands "to be independent again. So out of the EU." Ôªø(AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
    • Friday, 10 February, 2017
      News in-depthWorld
      What to expect from the Dutch elections in six charts

      As main parties crumble, the far-right Party for Freedom is riding high

      In this May 12 2014 file photo Geert Wilders talks to journalists as he kicks off his European election campaign outside the Dutch National Bank in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Dutch prosecutors say they are investigating anti-Islam lawmaker Wilders on suspicion of inciting hatred and discrimination against Moroccans in the Netherlands. Among comments under investigation is an election speech in March this year in which he asked supporters if they wanted more or fewer Moroccans. In response, they chanted "Fewer! Fewer! Fewer!" (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)
    • Wednesday, 8 February, 2017
      Global InsightTony Barber
      Low-lying Dutch establishment seeks dam against populist wave

      PM Mark Rutte faces challenge from Wilders’ PVV despite successful economy

      C6R16B Europe, Netherlands, Amsterdam, Row Houses along the Canal
    • Tuesday, 7 February, 2017
      World
      Limburg voters embrace Wilders in challenge to EU liberal ideals

      Anti-establishment streak runs deep in Dutch province that is far-right stronghold

      Dutch far-right MP, Party for Freedom (PVV) leader Geert Wilders (2L) hands out flyers for the Referendum against the association treaty with Ukraine on April 1, 2016 in Maastricht. Opponents of the PVV and Wilders disrupted the flyer campaign. / AFP / ANP / Jean-Pierre Geusens / Netherlands OUT (Photo credit should read JEAN-PIERRE GEUSENS/AFP/Getty Images)
    • Monday, 16 January, 2017
      News in-depthEU economy
      Dutch election threatens to deepen market turmoil

      Swing to the right could follow anti-establishment path set by Brexit and Trump

      Geert Wilders, leader of the populist Party for Freedom, is hoping to win the Dutch elections on March 15
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