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Geert Wilders’ far-right party leads polls two months before Dutch vote

Topics including migration, the economy, housing and foreign affairs are expected to dominate the campaign.

Euronews

The two faces of Ursula: Reinvention or deception at the EU's helm?

As Ursula von der Leyen beds down for her second term as European Commission president - almost unrecognisable from her first - many are wondering if she has truly changed course, or is simply revealing her true colours?

Euronews

Taxpayer organisation calls for criminal investigation of two ex-EU Commissioners for NGO funding

A taxpayer group has called for criminal investigation into alleged unlawful payments by former commissioners to environmental NGOs. The allegations revive controversy surrounding NGO payments.

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The Netherlands to hold election on October 29 after government collapse

Polls indicate a close race between Dutch far-right PVV party and the Labour/Green Left alliance.

Al Jazeera

Lawmakers Clash, Protesters Arrested In Wake Of Amsterdam Violence

Dutch parliamentarians clashed in a heated debate Wednesday as they addressed last week's attacks on Israeli football fans, while police in Amsterdam arrested pro-Palestinian protesters who again defied a ban on demonstrations in the wake of the violence.

International Business Times

New Dutch leader pledges to cut immigration as the opposition vows to root out racists in cabinet

Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof is pledging to work hard at cutting immigration, one of his new goverment’s main aims

The Independent UK

EU parliament election sees shaken centre hold – but far right now has chances to show its strength

After the four-day, 27-state democratic marathon that is the European parliamentary election, a picture has emerged of a fragile centre just holding amid a shift to the right that carries a significant potential to shape the near future of the EU, despite having fallen short of producing the earthquake some…

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Dutch Exit Poll: Green/left Group Edges Out Wilders In EU Vote

Former European Commissioner Frans Timmermans has edged out far-right leader Geert Wilders in the Dutch European Parliament elections, according to an exit poll published Thursday.

International Business Times

Dick Schoof: Ex-security Boss Tapped For Dutch PM

Dick Schoof is a veteran spy chief known for running tight ships within the Netherlands' immigration and secret service communities -- roles that now landed him the nomination for the country's top job.

International Business Times

Left-wing parties rule out alliances with far right ahead of European elections

Signatories, including MEP Raphaël Glucksmann and Frans Timmermans, promise to ‘combat hatred, racism and xenophobia’

The Guardian - UK

Task of forming majority government in Netherlands just got a lot harder

Departure of NSC’s Pieter Omtzigt from coalition talks leaves Geert Wilders needing to negotiate, with several scenarios possible

The Guardian - UK

Who’s who at Cop28: the leaders with the world’s future in their hands

From fossil fuel chiefs to an outspoken UN secretary general, a look at who will attend the UAE’s climate summit

The Guardian - UK

Geert Wilders: effort to form Netherlands coalition not off to ‘dream start’

Blow to far-right leader as man chosen to oversee coalition talks quits over fraud claims

The Guardian - UK

Geert Wilders wants former minister as new ‘scout’, reports say, after first one resigns over fraud claims – as it happened

Gom van Strien’s planned talks with party leaders have been cancelled after he stepped down

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EU climate chief: China must help fund rescue of poorer nations hit by disaster

Gulf petrostates must also pay for relief, warns EU commissioner Wopke Hoekstra in the run-up to the Cop28 summit

The Guardian - UK

‘They feel they are being neglected’: why voters turned to ‘Dutch Trump’ Geert Wilders

In a pretty waterside town, residents applaud the veteran rightwinger’s stance on immigration, calling his success a ‘vote against the established order’

The Guardian - UK

Outgoing Netherlands PM’s party rules out Geert Wilders coalition

Talks begin with liberal leader warning people not to be fooled by Wilders’ ‘Mother Teresa’ act

Radio France Internationale

What next for the Netherlands after far-right Wilders storms elections?

Geert Wilders faces an uphill struggle luring partners to form a coalition government with his far-right party following their "monster victory" in Dutch elections that has shaken both the Netherlands and Europe.

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The Guardian - UK

The Netherlands underestimated the far right – and Geert Wilders’ victory is the result

Media complacency and outgoing PM Mark Rutte’s decision to campaign on immigration have created a political earthquake, says Cas Mudde of the University of Georgia

The Independent UK

In political shift to the far right, anti-Islam populist Geert Wilders wins big in Dutch elections

The far-right and anti-Islam populist Geert Wilders is heading for a massive parliamentary election victory

Radio France Internationale

Anti-Islam populist Wilders wins Dutch elections in a shock for Europe

The far-right, anti-Islam populist Geert Wilders was headed for a massive parliamentary election victory Thursday in one of the biggest political upsets in Dutch politics since World War II, and one that is bound to send shockwaves through Europe.

The Guardian - UK

European far right celebrates as exit poll puts Wilders’ party in front – as it happened

Voters cast ballots until 9pm in elections that could set country on different course after Mark Rutte’s four consecutive governments

The Independent UK

Netherlands election: Polls open in neck-and-neck race to decide next Dutch leader

Election results will determine new direction for country in over a decade

The Independent UK

The top contenders to lead the Netherlands, from a former refugee to an anti-Islam populist

No fewer than 26 political parties are seeking a share of the 150 seats in the lower house of parliament in the Netherlands' general election Wednesday

The Guardian - UK

Final day of campaigning for Dutch politicians as election nears – as it happened

The country’s six main party leaders confronted each other in Rotterdam on Monday night in a TV debate

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