{"id":196176,"date":"2023-11-22T21:09:06","date_gmt":"2023-11-22T21:09:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tokenstalk.info\/?p=196176"},"modified":"2023-11-22T21:09:06","modified_gmt":"2023-11-22T21:09:06","slug":"dutch-anti-eu-firebrand-geert-wilders-wins-dutch-election-exit-poll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tokenstalk.info\/world-news\/dutch-anti-eu-firebrand-geert-wilders-wins-dutch-election-exit-poll\/","title":{"rendered":"Dutch anti-EU firebrand Geert Wilders wins Dutch election: Exit poll"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Far-right populist Geert Wilders has won the most votes Wednesday in the Dutch election with a landslide margin, according to an exit poll, putting him in line to lead talks to form a new ruling coalition and possibly become the country\u2019s Prime Minister.<\/p>\n

In a major shock, the exit poll published by the national broadcaster NOS said Wilders\u2019 Party for Freedom won 35 seats in the 150-seat lower house of parliament, more than twice the 17 he won at the last election.<\/p>\n

If confirmed when votes are counted, a Wilders victory would send a seismic shock through European politics.<\/p>\n

His election program calls for a referendum on the Netherlands leaving the European Union, a total halt to accepting asylum-seekers and migrant pushbacks at the Dutch borders.<\/p>\n

It also advocates the “de-Islamisation” of the Netherlands.<\/p>\n

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But the lawmaker, who has in the past been labelled a Dutch version of Donald Trump, first would have to form a coalition government before he can take the reins of power.<\/p>\n

That will be tough as mainstream parties are reluctant to join forces with him and his Party for Freedom.<\/p>\n

The exit poll was published as voting ended in the general election.<\/p>\n

It can have a margin of error of up to three seats, but generally is accurate within one or two seats, Ipsos said.<\/p>\n

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