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Dave Keating
@davekeating.substack.com

🚨Wow - this will be huge if it bears out. Exit polls show the pro-EU D66 party has WON the Dutch election. The far-right PVV party of Geeet Wildsrs has lost 12 seats, according to exit polls. Huge if true.

Dave Keating
@davekeating.substack.com

With 99.7% of the vote counted, D66 is still ahead by 15,000 votes. It seems safe to say they've won. How did the Netherlands' most pro-EU party come out on top while the far-right PVV of Geert Wilders lost a third of their seats? I broke it down in my Substack column today:

davekeating.substack.comThe most pro-EU party just won big in the Dutch electionD66 had a surprise surge, tripling their seats in yesterday's Netherlands election—and its openly gay leader Rob Jetten is set to become prime minister.

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hanna 🧶
@hannadevries.eurosky.social

By failing to mention that the 11 ex-PVV seats have all gone to other far right parties (including 6 seats for FvD which is *even more fascist* than PVV) you are creating the misconception that the Dutch have collectively rejected fascism and saved democracy. Please be more responsible.

hanna 🧶
@hannadevries.eurosky.social

The Dutch still love themselves some fascism despite the previous gov's many fuckups. No one should be feeling complacent or triumphant here, all of us need to fight more than ever.

Cas Mudde@casmudde.bsky.social

On the “defeat” of the far right in the Netherlands 🇳🇱 The total number of far-right seats in the Tweede Kamer: 2021: 28 2023: 41 2025: 42 👈 And I don’t even count BBB here, which has radicalized significantly in the last year.