'Geert Wilders' victory is a wake-up call which Brussels ignores at its peril' - Dutch MEP
Geert Wilders' "put Netherlands first" message has resonated with Dutch voters - and the EU cannot afford to ignore the signal coming out of one of the bloc’s six founding members, an MEP has warned.
Meanwhile, a Brussels-based expert has said the situation in the Netherlands has been precipitated by the inability of former Prime Minister Mark Rutte to take "tough decisions" on immigration, begging comparisons with both David Cameron in 2016 and Rishi Sunak today.
Mr Wilders, 60, stunned the political establishment in his own country and elsewhere after his right-wing Party for Freedom (PVV) won 37 seats in the Dutch general election.
As a result, PVV will be comfortably the largest single party in the 150-seat legislature, with Mr Wilders in a strong position to become the country’s next Prime Minister in a coalition government.
Michiel Hoogenveen, an MEP and a member of the JA21 party, told Express.co.uk: "In The Netherlands, the political landscape was totally turned upside down yesterday.
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