Dutch expert explains implications of far-right victory in Netherlands election | LBC

Editor of , Robin Pascoe discusses what the country’s shift to the far-right means as far-right populist Geert Wilders and his Freedom Party (PVV) secure election success. The PVV won 37 of 150 seats in a shock victory which ’exceeded all expectations’ as they more than doubled its share since. theprevious elections in 2021. Mr Wilders is known for an aggressive anti-Islamic and anti-immigration rhetoric. Under the Dutch system, no one party is able to win enough of the 150 seats to govern on its own, meaning Mr Wilders will need to form a coalition. None of the parties he could form a government with shares his anti-European Union ideas, with all three of the other top parties previously ruling out serving in a PVV-led coalition. Mr Wilders has declared he aims to be Prime Minister, as he expressed his support for a referendum on whether the Netherlands should leave the European Union. However, he has stated that his first priority is ’significant restriction on asylum and immigration’. Listen to the full show on Global Player: #nickferrari #dutchelections #netherlands #LBC LBC is the home of live debate around news and current affairs in the UK. Join in the conversation and listen at Sign up to LBC’s weekly newsletter here: