Economy

Who is Geert Wilders, the surprise winner of the Dutch political election?

.ON NOVEMBER 22ND Geert Wilders's anti-immigrant Party for Independence (PVV) finished first in the Dutch overall political election, winning 37 of the 150 seats in assemblage, or even 23.6% of the vote. His triumph was actually a large surprise. However the named beneficiary of this particular unexpected turn to the difficult right is no startup. The 60-year-old Mr Wilders is the longest-serving MP in the Dutch assemblage, having actually met 1998 as a participant of the centre-right Liberals (VVD). He gave up that gathering in 2004 over what he considered its own gentleness in the direction of Islam, and also founded the PVV in 2006. He possesses regularly had a strong foundation of elector assistance, however has actually devoted his parliamentary profession mostly on the sidelines, locked out of influence by various other parties' rejection to partner with him. Currently there is actually a good chance that this is going to change.