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Exit poll puts far-right populist Wilders ahead in Dutch election (www.euronews.com)

submitted 2 years ago by misk@sopuli.xyz to c/europe@feddit.de

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[–] Mrkawfee@feddit.uk 13 points 2 years ago

The lawmaker, who has previously been labelled a Dutch version of Donald Trump, will have to form a coalition government before he can take the reins of power.

And here we see evidence of why proportional voting systems provide a defence against populists and authoritarians by moderating extremes. Wilders is softening his xenophobic rhetoric in order to facilitate compromise. If the UK had PR, Brexit would never have happened.