Tag: Radical Right
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Geert Wilders Didn’t Lose: He Had Already Won
Introduction: Rethinking the outcome The Dutch general election this week has been framed in traditional terms: gains for some, losses for others, and a clear verdict on the country’s political mood. Yet a growing line of analysis contends that Geert Wilders and his Party for Freedom (PVV) did not suffer a straightforward defeat. Instead, Wilders…
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Geert Wilders Didn’t Lose: He Won Before – A Reframing of the Dutch Vote
What the results really show about Geert Wilders The Dutch general election produced a spectrum of outcomes, but one headline remains: Geert Wilders’s political footprint is larger than a single vote. While his party—often labeled as radical right—appears to have shed some seats, the broader trajectory of Wilders’s influence is less about immediate gains and…