EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - Early results suggest the hard-right anti-immigration party of Geert Wilders looks set to emerge as the main winner in local elections held in the Netherlands on Wednesday (3 March), setting the stage for a national showdown in June. "We are going to conquer the entire country ... We are going to be the biggest party in the country," said the blond-haired Mr Wilders as the results came through.
EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - Early results suggest the hard-right anti-immigration party of Geert Wilders looks set to emerge as the main winner in local elections held in the Netherlands on Wednesday (3 March), setting the stage for a national showdown in June.
"We are going to conquer the entire country ... We are going to be the biggest party in the country," said the blond-haired Mr Wilders as the results came through.
Dutch voters went to the polls Wednesday for local elections viewed as a test of political loyalties and far-right leanings 10 days after the collapse of the center-left national government. These would be "the most nationally-focused local elections ever," the leftist Volkskrant newspaper said as pollsters predicted a tough ride for the two biggest parties - the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) and the Labor Party (PvdA).
Dutch voters went to the polls Wednesday for local elections viewed as a test of political loyalties and far-right leanings 10 days after the collapse of the center-left national government.
These would be "the most nationally-focused local elections ever," the leftist Volkskrant newspaper said as pollsters predicted a tough ride for the two biggest parties - the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) and the Labor Party (PvdA).
