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Dutch Far-Right Party Falls in Election as Centrists Set to Win
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Dutch Far-Right Party Falls in Election as Centrists Set to Win
The progressive Democrats 66 party was on track to win the Dutch parliamentary election after voters dealt a blow to Geert Wilders’ far-right Freedom Party and threw support behind mainstream political groups.
Not Geert Wilders, not Frans Timmermans, but Rob Jetten (38) is the surprise winner of the Dutch elections. Who is the D66 party leader who could become the next prime minister of the Netherlands?
Could it finally happen? As the leader of the D66 party, Rob Jetten is openly and proudly acknowledging his homosexuality. Next year, he'll marry his international hockey player, and he's been making it a point to do so. In the exit polls, it currently appears that D66 will become the largest party, and will therefore also provide the prime minister.
The progressive liberal party D66 would win the general elections held this Wednesday in the Netherlands, driven by the good image of its leader.
The D66, a progressive formation, is first with 27 seats, surpassing the last side of the Party for Freedom, which would have 25 seats. Timmermans resigns, also surpassed by the center-right
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