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Did Israel-Palestine protests push Geert Wilders’s election victory?

23 November 2023

9:09 PM

23 November 2023

9:09 PM

Geert Wilders’s victory is another slap-in-the-face moment for the European Union. The complexities of Dutch democracy may mean that he struggles to form a strong government. But his victory, which seemed impossible just a few weeks ago, reminds us that, whether we like it or not, anti-immigration politics is the most potent force in 21st century western democracies.

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