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(23 Nov 2023)
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The Hague - 23 November 2023
1. Leader of far right Dutch party Geert Wilders poster taken away in the backdrop of the Dutch parliament complex Binnenhof
2. Wide of the poster and Dutch parliament complex Binnenhof
3. Mid of shop
4. Tilt down of newspapers
5. Wide of newspapers front pages
6. SOUNDBITE (Dutch) Barbara Belder, resident:
"You know, you never know. Of course, it is a party that has never really governed, so you don't know what it will do. The points of view are also fundamentally different from what we are used to. But I think concerned is really too strong a word. It is a very clear sign that the Netherlands wants something different."
7. People at The Hague Central Station
8. SOUNDBITE (Dutch) Tom Hendriks, resident:
“I think a bit of the middle ground. If that works. But it is very difficult to put left and right together. So you see the PVV is the largest. Then GroenLinks and PvdA (Green/Left). If you can find a middle ground there, but that's almost unrealistic this way. So I'm very curious to see if we'll get there.”
9. People at The Hague Central Station
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Norbert van Beelen, resident:
“I think, to be honest, very many people are very focused on one particular problem, which is immigration. And this party (Wilders Freedom Party) has had that as a theme for for many, many years. So I think that's what people voted for, immigration and all the other aspects of leaving the European Union looking very inward as opposed to outward are just forgotten. It's all about immigration.“
11. Tilt of Wilders poster
12. Various of Prime minister office ‘Little Tower’
13. Exterior of the Dutch parliament complex Binnenhof
STORYLINE:
The far-right and anti-Islam populist Geert Wilders was headed for a landslide parliamentary election victory in one of the biggest political upsets in Dutch politics since World War II, and one that is bound to send shockwaves through Europe.

The result puts him in line to lead talks to form a new ruling coalition and possibly become the country’s prime minister at a time of political upheaval through much of Europe.

The exit poll published by the national broadcaster NOS said that Wilders’ Party for Freedom won 35 seats in the 150-seat lower house of parliament, more than double the 17 he won at the last election.

He called on other parties to constructively engage in coalition talks, and spoke about his focus on immigration.

The closest party to Wilders' Party for Freedom was an alliance of the center-left Labor Party and Green Left, which was forecast to win 26 seats.

Wilders' election program includes calls for a referendum on the Netherlands leaving the European Union, a total halt to accepting asylum-seekers and migrant pushbacks at the Dutch borders.

It also advocates the “de-Islamisation” of the Netherlands, although he has been milder about Islam during this election campaign than in the past.

But the lawmaker, who has in the past been labeled a Dutch version of Donald Trump, first would have to form a coalition government before he can take the reins of power.

That will be tough as mainstream parties are reluctant to join forces with him and his Party for Freedom, but the size of his victory strengthens his hand in any negotiations.

The historic victory came one year after the win of Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni, whose Brothers of Italy’s roots were steeped in nostalgia for fascist dictator Benito Mussolini.





The election had been called a neck-and-neck race, but in the end Wilders handily beat all opponents.

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