Geert Wilders

Dutch Far-Right Takeover Is a Terrifying Shock for Europe

Far-right extremist Geert Wilders’ stunning victory in the Netherlands is a beam of hope for the worst of Europe’s right-wing, and a jolt of fear for minorities and immigrants.

David Rothkopf

Geert Wilders reacts to the exit poll and early results in the Dutch parliamentary elections

BIG MOUTH

Shock Election Win Crowns the World’s ‘King of Islamophobia’

Far-right populist beloved by Richard Spencer and Pamela Geller scores huge victory in Dutch election, despite previous conviction and bans.

Jorik Simonides

ANTAGONISTIC

Geert Wilders Revives Cartoon Contest to Mock Mohammed

He invited people to send caricatures of the prophet because “freedom of speech must prevail over violence and Islamic fatwas.”

Barbie Latza Nadeau

MEGA

‘Italy’s Trump’ Launches a Campaign to Destroy Europe

Italy’s Trump-loving hardline far-right leader, Matteo Salvini, wants to use European Parliament elections in May to tear Europe apart from the inside.

Barbie Latza Nadeau

Top candidate of Alternative for Germany (AfD, Alternative fuer Deutschland) Alexander Gauland

SCHISMS

The Far Right in Europe Isn’t on a Roll, It’s on the Rocks

Germany's alt-right won a victory by placing third in Sunday's elections, then one of its stars took a walk. Le Pen and her number two are splitsville. And UKIP's gone nuttier.

Josephine Huetlin

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Populist Setback

Trump’s Dutch Fanboy Loses. Sad!

Geert Wilders doesn’t just want to ban travel from Muslim-majority nations, he wants to ban the Quran itself. But Dutch voters just handed him a defeat.

Christopher Dickey