The far-right populist has won a huge election victory in one of the biggest political upsets in the Netherlands since World War II.
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00:00 13 years of rule by the Netherlands Conservative Liberal Party has come to an end.
00:04 The big winner of the night, Geert Wilders, and the far-right wing PVV, heading for a
00:09 massive parliamentary election victory in one of the biggest political upsets in Dutch
00:14 politics since World War II.
00:16 During the campaign, the controversial Wilders played down his known,
00:46 hard-line views on Islam, but linked the country's housing crisis to migration.
00:51 The closest party to Wilders won was an alliance of the
01:21 centre-left Labour Party and Green-Left, forecast to win 25 seats.
01:26 But its leaders, Frans Timmermans, has made it clear that Wilders should not count on
01:31 a coalition with him.
01:35 The People's Party for Freedom and Democracy gained 24 seats.
01:58 The VVD's lead on Tuesday also ruled out entering a coalition with Wilders at the helm.
02:06 These results are the latest in a series of elections altering the European political
02:10 landscape.
02:15 The voters' message today seems clear.
02:17 There needs to be a tougher stance on migration from the government and Geert Wilders has
02:21 promised that he will listen.
02:23 Whether he finds other parties who are willing to go into government with him, that remains
02:28 to be seen.
02:29 This is Fernandes Vantetz, reporting for Euronews, The Hague.
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