Far-Right Won the Dutch Election: Here’s What You Need to Know

Geert Wilders during an election night party in The Hague, Netherlands, on Nov. 22.Photographer: Peter Boer/Bloomberg

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By Cagan Koc

November 23, 2023 at 12:06 AM UTC

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Geert Wilders was the surprise victor in Wednesday’s Dutch elections, after a late surge that catapulted his anti-EU party to a resounding victory over his mainstream rivals.

As people in the Netherlands, and the rest of Europe, adjust to the shock, these are some of the key issues they’ll be considering: