Economy

Who is Geert Wilders, the surprise victor of the Dutch election?

.ON NOV 22ND Geert Wilders's anti-immigrant Party for Liberty (PVV) finished initially in the Dutch standard political election, winning 37 of the 150 chairs in parliament, or 23.6% of the vote. His success was actually a significant unpleasant surprise. Yet the named beneficiary of the quick look to the tough right is no startup. The 60-year-old Mr Wilders is actually the longest-serving MP in the Dutch parliament, having actually met 1998 as a participant of the centre-right Liberals (VVD). He quit that event in 2004 over what he considered its soft qualities towards Islam, and established the PVV in 2006. He has constantly had a solid foundation of citizen support, however has actually invested his legislative profession primarily on the sidelines, shut out of influence by various other events' rejection to deal with him. Currently there is a good chance that this will definitely change.