Far-right politician Geert Wilders says he is angry after he had to give up his dream of becoming prime minister.
A tired and disappointed Geert Wilders says it is “undemocratic” that he is not allowed to become prime minister. Photo: Peter Dejong, AP/NTB
Published: 15/03/2024 23:31
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- Right-wing politician Geert Wilders is giving up his dream of becoming prime minister of the Netherlands, despite winning the election.
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After three and a half months of negotiations, Geert Wilders gives up. Last November he won the Dutch election. It took analysts and pollsters to bed. The alarm went off in several EU countries. Wilders has long been a political ally of Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who is a problem for the western EU countries in particular.
Wilders and his party, the Party for Freedom (PVV), became the largest. But he is unable to muster a majority for a government with himself as prime minister.
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2024-03-15 22:31:09
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