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Wilders’s Identity Politics Cast Long Shadow Over Dutch Vote
- He is sliding in the polls but his ideas are gaining ground
- Wilders has put immigration, identity at heart of election
The Anti-Islam Populist Who Wants to Run the Netherlands
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Dutch populist Geert Wilders may not be in the next government, but a part of his agenda might be.
With less than a week to go before the March 15 vote, Dutch party tactics make it all but certain that Wilders won’t be part of the new coalition government no matter how well he fares. Yet a more tepid version of his anti-immigration, anti-European Union stance has seeped into the campaign platforms of the other established parties, making them issues for the next government to contend with.