An exit poll says the far-right and anti-Islam populist Geert Wilders is heading for a massive parliamentary election victory. It's one of the biggest political upsets in Dutch politics since World War II and one that is bound to send shockwaves through Europe.

Oh what the hell is going on over there

    • yuli [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
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      1 year ago

      we have a huge housing crisis while the ruling party (VVD) has fucked up a lot since 2010. he offers a compelling scapegoat: it’s of course the migrants that leave our children without homes, take all our benefits, commit all the crimes and whatever else you want to blame them for. the current cabinet fell over the handling of asylum seekers and his position as outsider and opposition poses him as the alternative we need to his voter base. he has also been less vocal/more palatable about his most racist views.