The Rise and Fall of Geert Wilders: A Far-Right Dutch Politician's Journey
Far-right Dutch leader Geert Wilders faces a setback in his efforts to form a governing coalition as a key potential partner, the NSC, rules itself out due to discomfort with his extreme views. Wilders needs the support of 76 MPs in the 150-seat parliament for a working majority, but the NSC and its leader Pieter Omtzigt have stated that they cannot work with the PVV unless it clarifies the more extreme parts of its manifesto. The PVV manifesto includes calls for a ban on mosques, headscarves, and the Koran, as well as a referendum on the Netherlands leaving the European Union.