US EditionWhat the Dutch Election Says About the Future of Europe
Rob Jetten, 38, leads D66 to top election results by addressing immigration and housing, aiming to unite rivals and counter far-right influence, officials said.
- Rob Jetten, leader of Democrats 66, is on track to become the Netherlands' youngest and first openly gay prime minister after a razor-thin Wednesday election result.
- D66's campaign remade Rob Jetten's image through polished messaging and a surge in advertising, promoting asylum processing outside the EU and new towns to ease housing shortages; he said, `Together we can beat Wilders, I am ready.`
- With more than 98% counted, the race boiled down to a 2.000‑vote gap, and Geert Wilders temporarily halted campaigning after a terror threat on Thursday.
- Rob Jetten will lead coalition talks, getting the first shot at forming government after the coalition collapsed in June this year and past talks lasted more than six months.
- A Jetten government could restore the Netherlands' clout in Brussels, analysts say, if aligned with the Renew political family, while the far right fragmented as JA21 and Forum for Democracy gained seats and D66 faced recent anti-migration violence in The Hague.
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Rob Jetten: the centrist millennial set to be the Netherlands’ next prime minister
The next leader of the Netherlands will break barriers in several ways. Rob Jetten, the head of the center-left Democrats 66 Party, is virtually certain to become the country’s next prime minister after his party won one of the closest elections in Dutch history. The Netherlands’ youngest and first openly gay prime minister will look to carry D66’s electoral victory toward setting a new political agenda. But the razor-thin election margins mean …
Netherlands Prime Minister Inspires a New Generation of Queer Leaders
Credit: MEGA The Netherlands just made history! Voters chose Rob Jetten, 38, as the next Netherlands Prime Minister. The historic win makes him the youngest and first openly gay person to hold the position. His victory over far-right rival Geert Wilders symbolized a collective stand for inclusion and progress. The Man Who Moved a Nation View this post on Instagram According to Deutsche Welle (DW), Jetten is a member of the centrist-liberal D66 …
Who is Rob Jetten, the first openly gay Prime Minister of the Netherlands?
Rob Jetten is poised to make history as the first openly gay and youngest Prime Minister of the Netherlands, following a closely fought election. The 38-year-old leader of the centrist, socially liberal D66 party defeated far-right firebrand Geert Wilders in a political contest that gripped the nation. Dutch voters ultimately opted for Jetten’s optimistic and forward-looking message over Wilder’s anti-immigration populism, handing D66 a surprise…
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Gay Pride - LGBT & Queer VoicesThe Netherlands' new Prime Minister is hot, gay & has a sexy Olympian boyfriend
Gays on the internet have turned into rabid fans of gay politician Rob Jetten, who just won the election to become the Netherlands’ youngest prime minister.But why are they going feral for this politician? Not only is he young and hot, but he is also dating an equally sexy male athlete who is nine years his junior, and he is the first openly gay prime minister in the country’s history. It’s really a trifecta that Gay Twitter couldn’t ignore. But…
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Gays on the internet have turned into rabid fans of gay politician Rob Jetten, who just won the election to become the Netherlands’ youngest prime minister.But why are they going feral for this politician? Not only is he young and hot, but he is also dating an equally sexy male athlete who is nine years his junior, and he is the first openly gay prime minister in the country’s history. It’s really a trifecta that Gay Twitter couldn’t ignore. But…
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Real Clear PoliticsWhat the Dutch Election Says About the Future of Europe
D66 leader Rob Jetten on October 30, 2025. (Photo by Simon Wohlfahrt / AFP via Getty Images.)There is perhaps no country in the world more liberal than the Netherlands. A commercial republic since the sixteenth century, it became the first country to legalize same-sex marriage and euthanasia in the early 2000s. Abortion and psychedelics are available, and of the major countries in Europe, the Netherlands is the least religious.On the surface, th…
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