The Latest Breaking News from Geert Wilders

As mainstream politics has shifted to the right, once-fringe parties are gaining support – and moving closer to government, says Cas Mudde of the University of Georgia

Far from freeing the UK from continental insecurities, Brexit has made some of them worse. Isolationism won’t help, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

Minister to tell MPs that global heating poses existential threat to Pacific region

Far-right Dutch leader Geert Wilders suffered a major setback to his goal of forming a governing coalition Wednesday when a key potential partner ruled itself out, uncomfortable with his extreme views.

Dutch far-right leader Geert Wilders's stunning election win may have sent shockwaves through Europe's political elite, but in one of the country's poorest districts, his populist message is hitting home.

Far-right anti-Islam pledges and Nexit referendum promise are unacceptable to potential coalition partners

Far-right Dutch election winner Geert Wilders has tapped a former minister from the center-left Labor Party to investigate possible coalitions

Far-right, anti-Islam Dutch politician Geert Wilders sought to kick-start the arduous process of forming a coalition on Tuesday, still reeling from the collapse of initial efforts before talks had even begun.

Finnish PM Petteri Orpo says border crossing will close from Thursday as Finland accuses Russia of orchestrating arrival of people from third countries

Could Donald Trump make a comeback? Poll after poll shows that a majority of voters think the gaffe-prone Democrat is too old to be commander-in-chief, despite his likely rival, ex-president Donald Trump making similar slip-ups at 77.

The news from home and abroad seems beset with what policy wonks call wicked problems. These are problems “difficult or impossible to solve,” says the dictionary definition, “because of incomplete, contradictory and changing requirements that are often difficult to recognize.”