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The hard-right’s champion blows up the Dutch government
Geert Wilders won an election but bails without getting much done
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The immigrants Europe quietly wants more of
Without foreign farm workers the EU’s berries would go unplucked
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The Netherlands’ new hard-right government is a mess
Conflicts over asylum, farms and the constitution could bring it down
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Should euthanasia be allowed for those with mental illnesses?
Legislators and doctors are struggling to define who should have the right to die
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European gangs are getting better at making their own illegal drugs
The faster the police crack down, the faster they adapt to new methods
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The Dutch are getting a half-populist, half-pragmatist government
A technocrat will be prime minister but the far-right Geert Wilders has the most MPs
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Hard-right populists are pushing their way into the mainstream
Their latest victory came in the Netherlands
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Europe’s new-look winter: floods, high sea levels and melting glaciers
People are seeing extreme weather in action, but not voting to stop it
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Geert Wilders makes a show of respecting the law
Muslims, and other politicians, worry that it will last only until the Dutch populist enters government
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Geert Wilders struggles towards power in the Netherlands
Other parties are reluctant to join a government with the anti-Muslim populist
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Geert Wilders’s Dutch election win is a headache for Europe
Hard-right parties are now part of the political landscape
The Economist explains
Who is Geert Wilders, the surprise winner of the Dutch election?
The anti-Muslim populist has had a long career, but this is his best result yet