Immigration, asylum, take centre stage in Dutch election
Dutch centrist Jetten confident of forming government after far right’s election setback
Dutch centrist leader Rob Jetten said he was “very confident” of being able to put together a government after his party’s strong showing in parliamentary elections that saw Geert Wilders’ anti-Islam Freedom Party lose ground.
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Dutch centrist Rob Jetten claims victory in neck-and-neck election race
The Netherlands is heading to the polls again, less than two years after Geert Wilders led his party to a surprise victory.
The vote comes against a backdrop of deep polarization in this nation of 18 million, violence at a recent anti-immigration rally in The Hague and protests against new asylum-seeker centers.
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Rob Jetten declared voters had "turned the page" on Geert Wilders, an anti-immigration campaigner and a leading figure of European right-wing populism for two decades. A closer look suggests otherwise.
THE HAGUE - Voting for the Dutch parliament's lower house began on Wednesday, as 1,166 candidates from 27 parties compete for 150 seats after the collapse of the ruling coalition.
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