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Geert Wilders, the leader of the far-right in the Netherlands, has reached an initial agreement for his first right-wing coalition government. After winning a surprising quarter of parliamentary seats six months ago, his Party for Freedom (PVV) will lead a somewhat uneasy coalition with three other parties: the center-right People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), the New Social Contract party (NSC), and the Farmer-Citizen Movement (BBB). But who will lead the country?
That the right-wing won the recent Dutch elections was no surprise. What was surprising was how decisive the vote share of the far-right was in the overall victory. For Geert Wilders, the leader of the far-right Freedom Party (PVV), years of patience paid off while the incumbent right-wing party gambled and lost. With 37 out of 150 parliamentary seats, the PVV is now well