geert wilders
Anti-Islam populist Geert Wilders is scrambling to moderate his stances, and climate denial could be at the top of the list.
The win is one of the biggest political upsets in Dutch politics since World War II, and is bound to send shockwaves through Europe.
And it’s costing us.
The strengths of both multi-party democracy and China’s consensus-driven politics also contain their flaws. History will judge which works better.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
But it's also eerily familiar.
But Geert Wilders' anti-Islam party still gained seats, and there are big contests ahead in France and Germany.
Wilders’ threat to Dutch values was not an idle one.
"Even the Breitbart White House was like, no man, too racist."
The national conversation has turned increasingly on the need to reinforce Dutch identity.