In a possible harbinger of strong electoral gains for the hard right in the 27-nation bloc, the exit poll Thursday indicated that Wilders' Party for Freedom had made the biggest gains by winning seven seats, up from just one in the last Parliament.
AMSTERDAM — Dutch nationalist Geert Wilders looked set for new electoral gains on Thursday as the Netherlands kicks off four days of voting in the European Parliament election held across the 27 EU member states.
A final exit poll suggested Thursday that Geert Wilders’ far-right party made big gains and was in a neck and neck race with a center-left alliance in Dutch elections for the European Union parliament.
Dutch voters were the first to cast their votes on Thursday at the start of a four-day election period for the European parliament. Polls are predicting a surge in support for far-right candidates. The parliament influences everything from climate and migration policy to European relations with Russ…
An exit poll in the Netherlands suggests Geert Wilders and his far-right Freedom Party have made big gains in the European Parliament elections. The Dutch vote is seen as an early litmus test for the far right.
Sweeping gains for Dutch nationalist Geert Wilders’ anti-immigration party foretell a wider shift to the right as voting gets underway across the European...
