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But in the Dutch city of Rotterdam, where the far-right Party for Freedom (PVV) is now the biggest political grouping, the earthquake was met with more of a shrug than a gasp.

Like millions of other Dutch voters on Wednesday, Jeanette voted for Wilders, largely, she says, out of anger that she and her family face a struggle to make ends meet.

Jeanette said she did not agree with all Wilders’ past anti-Islam declarations, including a call for fewer Moroccans in the country and a ban on the hijab – “If people want to wear that I understand.” But amid her socioeconomic complaints there is a familiar whiff of resentment.

Matthijs Rooduijn, associate professor of political science at Amsterdam University, says such views are common among Wilders voters.

Some of his policies are disgusting: his Islamophobia, his ideas to forbid people from wearing the hijab or eating halal meat, or to close the mosques.”

Holland has changed a lot over the years and the big topics of discussion in the debates were migration, housing, the cost of living for all candidates,” he said.

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