The Dutch elections have once again produced a surprise. The left-liberal party D66 rose sharply, while Geert Wilders’ right-wing populist Party for Freedom suffered a heavy defeat. Part of the explanation for this undoubtedly lies in the complete failure of the outgoing right-wing coalition, of which Wilders’ party was a member, to take any decisive measures whatsoever. Wilders attributed this to the blocking attempts of […]
