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Geet Wilders, the Dutch populist leader, has abandoned his bid to become prime minister, despite his party’s dramatic victory in the 2023 elections. “I can only become prime minister if ALL parties in the coalition support it. That was not the case,” he wrote on X. 

Denmark sued over arms exports to Israel as EU countries withdraw support for Israeli genocide.

The highly rated teenager has already captained the Dutch giants.

He’s received countless death threats and has been under police protection for almost two decades. He’s been convicted for inciting hate speech and his opinions once even got him banned from entering the UK. Known as the Dutch Donald Trump, far-right politician Geert Wilders and his PVV Freedom Party have now won a major victory in the country’s general elections.

Dutch election: Anti-Islam populist Wilders set for big win Geert Wilders has won the Dutch general election, according to the…

Surveys have fluctuated wildly in the run-up to election day, but observers believe that whichever party wins the most seats in this Wednesday’s parliamentary elections in the Netherlands may need support from at least three other parties to govern. Dilan Yesilgoz, leader of the centre-right VVD party and successor to outgoing PM Mark Rutte, is hoping to cap a meteoric rise by clinching the top job. She would be the first woman to do so in the Netherlands. Born in Turkey, the 46-year-old Yesilgoz has taken a hard line on immigration. For more, we speak to Professor Joop van Holsteijn from the Institute of Political Science at Leiden University.

Rotterdam shootings: Gunman arrested after killing 3 people A gunman has been arrested in the Netherlands after shooting dead at…

The EU commission president’s endorsed the Dutch government’s choice for E-U climate czar to replace outgoing social democrat Frans Timmermans. Current foreign minister Wopke Hoekstra hails from the right, just like Ursula Von der Leyen. The shift raising eyebrows. FRANCE 24’s Delano D’Souza tells us more.

A young girl standing under a Dutch Wonderland rollercoaster was struck in the head by a ‘box cutter type device’.

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The Ghana international is currently valued at £40m but that could change.

Several more people have been injured.

‘It’s unreal.’

Secondary schools in the Netherlands are preparing for a government ban on all mobile phones amid fears they distract students

Dutch King Willem-Alexander apologised on Saturday for his country’s role in slavery and asked for forgiveness in a historic speech

‘We have definitely had our hands full.’

The news was announced by his current club, Royal Antwerp.

The Dutch government eases lockdown in the Netherlands as shops, hairdressers and gyms will be allowed to reopen in the…