Economy

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

.ON NOV 22ND Geert Wilders's anti-immigrant Party for Independence (PVV) ended up initially in the Dutch overall political election, gaining 37 of the 150 seats in parliament, or 23.6% of the vote. His triumph was actually a significant shock. But the recipient of the sudden turn to the hard right is actually no startup. The 60-year-old Mr Wilders is the longest-serving MP in the Dutch parliament, having actually entered in 1998 as a member of the centre-right Liberals (VVD). He stopped that event in 2004 over what he considered its own softness in the direction of Islam, and started the PVV in 2006. He possesses consistently possessed a solid foundation of voter assistance, however has spent his legislative profession primarily on the subsidiaries, locked out of influence by other parties' refusal to work with him. Right now there is a great chance that this will definitely change.