Dutch anti-Islamic populist Geert Wilders was on course for a major election victory Thursday, marking a stark lurch to the right for a country known for its tolerance and progressive politics.
Projections tallied by Dutch news agency ANP showed Wilders’ Freedom Party, or PVV, which has promised to halt all immigration to the Netherlands, was set to win 37 out of 150 seats in the country’s parliament. The PVV’s closest rival, former EU Commissioner Frans Timmermans’ Labor/Green Left coalition, was projected to secure 25 seats.
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