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
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Far right populist politics of the gut... including scapegoating of minorities.
He even hailed Trumps election. Good thing he is now lost hugely because of his nonperformance, but almost in a tie with D66 for the biggest party, so he will still be messing with our minds.
@jeffjarvis yeah but still way too many people have voted for the 3 other racist parties.
The people in my country just don’t learn.
They keep voting for the extreme right-wing parties that can only talk and nothing more
@jeffjarvis
Congrats 🇳🇱 from 🇫🇮! This is a working multi-party system in action.
Expecting similar results here in 🇫🇮 in 2027 (things can change, but looking at the approval rating of the current borderline fascist govt here, a major shift to the left is to be expected)
@jeffjarvis No thanks to US think-tank & billionaire money flowing to Europe right now. 🤔
@jeffjarvis too early and too close a call to be jubilant. As a whole the extreme right parties (yes we have plural) didnt lose votes.
Mid parties have been pulled right (Overton effect).
And left wing parties are on record low.
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