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The unexpectedly meaty win for controversial, hard-right politician Geert Wilders in Wednesday's general election in the Netherlands set international headlines on fire.

Right-wing nationalists across Europe rushed to congratulate the populist politician, sometimes dubbed the Dutch Trump - partly for his dyed, bouffant-like hairdo, and partly for his famously firebrand rhetoric.

Geert Wilders' publicly expressed views - including linking Muslim immigration with terrorism and calling for a ban on mosques and the Quran - are so provocative that he has been under tight police protection since 2004.

Wilders was convicted of inciting discrimination, although later acquitted, and he was refused entry to the UK back in 2009.

But Europe's far right believes their views have now become more mainstream.

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[-] Hyperreality@kbin.social 15 points 1 year ago

Yeah. English speaking media are used to first past the post political systems, where the largest party wins it all. That's why they're more alarmed than they should be, although it is a very worrying sign for Europe.

[-] dublet@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Them being the biggest party is very much cause for concern. I remember Janmaat's party being just a general political laughing stock. It is not a total disaster. Yet.

[-] Aceticon@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

The whole "there's only the winner and the loser" mentality goes way beyond politics in certain societies.

IMHO, even the tendency for seeking consensus in the Dutch society tends to differ from the far too prevalent adversarial spirit in many modern Western societies, especial anglo-saxon ones (certainly at least the US and UK).

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