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Jeff Jarvis
@jeffjarvis@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago
Jeff Jarvis
@jeffjarvis@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Good news from sane(r) Europe:
Dutch Voters Deliver Major Setback to Far-Right Party of Geert Wilders https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/world/europe/netherlands-elections-geert-wilders.html?smid=tw-share

RE: https://mastodon.social/@jeffjarvis/115460426707958984

Well, last night's headline spoke too soon. This morning: "far-right and centrist parties in dead heat."
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/oct/30/dutch-election-results-netherlands-geert-wilders-rob-jetten-france-louvre-russia-poland-ukraine-latest-news-updates

the Guardian

Dutch election results: far-right and centrist parties in dead heat as last votes counted – Europe live

Geert Wilders’s PVV and Rob Jetten’s D66 in effect tied as centrist party expected to lead talks to form next coalition
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Touaregtweet
@touaregtweet@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@jeffjarvis No. #brokenTimes

https://mastodon.social/@touaregtweet/115461800544526052

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Touaregtweet
@touaregtweet@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@jeffjarvis

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https://bsky.app/profile/leoniedejonge.bsky.social/post/3m4g4gzyr6s2z

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screenshot of a post by Léonie de Jonge on Bluesky
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Visualized here. Hot tip for journalists: the real question isn’t why Wilders lost, but why the far right has consolidated — despite Wilders's ineffectiveness in government.
- - -  she quotes a post by Cas Mudde:

 ‪@casmudde.bsky.social‬
On the “defeat” of the far right in the Netherlands 🇳🇱

The total number of far-right seats in the Tweede Kamer:

2021: 28
2023: 41
2025: 42 👈

And I don’t even count BBB here, which has radicalized significantly in the last year.
screenshot of a post by Léonie de Jonge on Bluesky ‪@leoniedejonge.bsky.social‬ Visualized here. Hot tip for journalists: the real question isn’t why Wilders lost, but why the far right has consolidated — despite Wilders's ineffectiveness in government. - - - she quotes a post by Cas Mudde: ‪@casmudde.bsky.social‬ On the “defeat” of the far right in the Netherlands 🇳🇱 The total number of far-right seats in the Tweede Kamer: 2021: 28 2023: 41 2025: 42 👈 And I don’t even count BBB here, which has radicalized significantly in the last year.
screenshot of a post by Léonie de Jonge on Bluesky ‪@leoniedejonge.bsky.social‬ Visualized here. Hot tip for journalists: the real question isn’t why Wilders lost, but why the far right has consolidated — despite Wilders's ineffectiveness in government. - - - she quotes a post by Cas Mudde: ‪@casmudde.bsky.social‬ On the “defeat” of the far right in the Netherlands 🇳🇱 The total number of far-right seats in the Tweede Kamer: 2021: 28 2023: 41 2025: 42 👈 And I don’t even count BBB here, which has radicalized significantly in the last year.
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