Dutch government announces โ€˜strictest asylum policy everโ€™

Netherlands will ask the European Commission for an opt-out on EU asylum and migration policies.

Orbรกn isnโ€™t as isolated as you think

The Hungarian leader has been able to build a coalition of like-minded allies who share his strategic goal โ€” creating โ€œa Europe of nation states.โ€

Divided, reshuffled and politically bruised: Europeโ€™s leaders head to the NATO summit

Political turmoil on the Continent is reshuffling power players going to the NATO gathering.

Who is Dick Schoof?ย 8ย things to know about the new Dutch PMย 

Nicknamed โ€˜Tricky Dickโ€™, the new head of the Netherlandsโ€™ far-right-led government is not afraid of bending the rules.ย 

Geert Wilders eyes former spy chief Dick Schoof as Dutch prime minister

Press conference Tuesday afternoon set to herald beginning of the end of Mark Rutte’s long reign atop Dutch politics.

Geert Wildersย grins: โ€˜The sun is going to shine again in the Netherlandsโ€™

Dutch coalition talks finally conclude, with The Hague now set for its most right-wing government in recent history.

How Geert Wilders turned all corners of Dutch society into far right voters

The taboo of voting for populist, anti-immigration parties is fading.

After Geert Wilders gives up, whatโ€™s next for the Netherlands?

Ruling with a far-right party is no longer taboo as Dutch politicians agree an outline deal.

Geert Wilders left stranded as Dutch coalition talks collapse

Shock exit by kingmaker Pieter Omtzigt torpedoes the negotiations, leaving far-right leader in a stew.

Geert Wilders has a serious problem

Dutch coalition talks have hit a stumbling block: migration.

Mark Rutte makes humblebrag pitch for NATO top job

Dutch PM has thrown his hat into the ring to become the next secretary-general โ€” he just doesn’t want people to think he’s too eager.

Geert Wildersโ€™ coalition scout resigns over fraud scandal

Gom van Strien, who was tasked with identifying potential coalition partners, was accused of misdeeds by his former employer.

Arab states condemn Wilders for push to relocate Palestinians to Jordan

Jordan, the Palestinian Authority and the Arab League criticize Dutch far-right politician who won this week’s election in the Netherlands.

Rutteโ€™s party wonโ€™t join Geert Wilders in Dutch coalition, new leader says

But VVD leader Dilan YeลŸilgรถz is willing to support a center-right government from the sidelines.

Geert Wilders seeks coalition allies after seismic Dutch election

Coalition talks are set to begin Friday, but will anyone be willing to work with the election’s far-right winner?

The Dutch Trump: Who is Geert Wilders and what does he want?

The far-right, anti-Islam Euroskeptic who won Wednesday’s election will need a few friends to become PM.

Putinโ€™s propagandists cheer Geert Wildersโ€™ Dutch election win

Moscow’s ultranationalists hail far-right firebrand as a ‘supporter of Russia.’

Timmermans eyes opposition role after far-right win in Dutch election

‘It is clear that a lot of people expect solutions from the right,’ former EU climate chief says after Geert Wilders’ victory.

Geert Wilders is the EUโ€™s worst nightmare

The far-right Dutch election winner, who backs โ€˜Nexit,โ€™ will be no friend to Brussels.

Far-right leader Geert Wilders wins Dutch election: Exit poll

Wilders wants to ban mosques and leave the EU. ‘Voters are fed up,’ he says.

Dutch election is wide open as voting begins

Far-right leader Geert Wilders is surging in the polls. He’s up against EU big beast Frans Timmermans, popular outsider Pieter Omtzigt, and former refugee Dilan YeลŸilgรถz. Anyone could win.

Dutch election: Far-right surge gives Geert Wilders late boost

One poll puts the anti-Islam euroskeptic in joint first place ahead of Wednesday’s knife-edge vote.

Dutch far-right leader Thierry Baudet attacked again, party says

It’s the second time the Forum for Democracy leader has been hurt on the campaign trail in as many months, with PM Mark Rutte calling the incident ‘totally unacceptable.’

Dutch on brink of electing first female leader

Dilan YeลŸilgรถz tells POLITICO she wants to cut immigration. With Wednesdayโ€™s election still wide open, she might just get the chance.

Dutch elections 2023: everything you need to know

Get up to speed on the political situation in the Netherlands, where voters will go to the polls on 22 November Dutch voters cast their ballots on 22 November in a snap parliamentary election called after the collapse in July of the outgoing coalition …