Europe's swing to the right continues
dailymail.co.uk - 24/11/2023

NETHERLANDS - Right wing nationalist Geert Wilders has won a 'monster victory' in the general election in the Netherlands sending shockwaves around the nation and the rest of Europe. The 60-year-old heads up the Party for Freedom (PVV), which ran on an anti-immigration and anti-Islam platform, taking 37 seats in the election - more than any other party. The result, which more than doubled his party's previous share, puts Wilders - described as the 'Dutch Trump' - in a favourable position for upcoming coalition talks with the roughly half-dozen other parties that hold a significant number of seats.

But he has alienated almost all of the other political parties in the Netherlands with his harsh rhetoric. While Wilders still faces an uphill battle to form a government and become the next Netherlands leader, his surprise success is the latest in a string of recent political upsets that have seen so-called populist parties taking significant strides across Europe.

The right's meteoric rise in Europe over the last few years:

  • ITALY: Brothers of Italy with self-confessed Nazi links won last year's election

  • HUNGARY: Viktor Orban's fourth consecutive term

  • FRANCE: National Rally's Marine Le Pen tipped to succeed Macron in 2027

  • GERMANY: AFD far-right party with alleged Nazi ties made waves in state elections

  • GREECE: New far-right parties entered Greek parliament for the first time

  • BELGIUM: Anti-multiculturalism party leading in polls for 14 straight months

  • SWEDEN: Fringe anti-Islam party were kingmakers in 2022 election

  • SWITZERLAND: Anti-immigration party that pledged to cap population at 10 million won big in October election

  • AUSTRIA: Anti-immigration party that shared video of youth wing below Hitler's balcony set to win next year's elections

  • SLOVAKIA: Ultra-nationalist party helped form government in 2023 elections

  • FINLAND: Anti-immigration party fielded seven out of 19 ministers following 2023 election

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