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Forums - Politics Discussion - Elections in the Netherlands - Nationalist surge halted, high voter turnout

monocle_layton said:
So, for people living in the netherlands- what do you gain (or lose) from this? Very interesting nonetheless

Not that much will changed, but people were expecting more change, that's why it's such a big deal. Geert Wilders and his populist party could have won the elections (but they got less votes than expected), so some people are happy now and others are angry.

I don't live in the Netherlands, but I'm very happy with the results. This means that populist and extreme right parties may not get too big in Europe.
Here in Belgium, the extreme right party isn't too popular, but since we're a small country, elections in other countries are important for us too.



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crissindahouse said:
Ka-pi96 said:

Was it? First I've heard of it. Granted I mostly pay attention to sports news, but if it's that big a thing then it still should have caught my attention

Well, maybe not WW but at leat in Europe because it was important for whole Europe. 

It was news world wide.