Dutch election: Anti-Islam, far-right Geert Wilders bags shock victory

The far-right populist has won a huge victory in one of the biggest political earthquakes in the Netherlands since World War II.

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00:00 13 years of rule by the Netherlands Conservative Liberal Party has come to an end.

00:04 The big winner of the night, Geert Wilders, and the far-right wing PVV, heading for a

00:09 massive parliamentary election victory in one of the biggest political upsets in Dutch

00:14 politics since World War II.

00:16 During the campaign, the controversial Wilders played down his known,

00:46 hard-line views on Islam, but linked the country's housing crisis to migration.

00:51 The closest party to Wilders won was an alliance of the three parties.

01:21 The centre-left Labour Party and Green-left forecast to win 25 seats.

01:26 But its leaders, Frans Timmermans, has made it clear that Wilders should not count on

01:31 a coalition with him.

01:35 The People's Party for Freedom and Democracy gained 24 seats.

01:58 The VVD's lead on Tuesday also ruled out entering a coalition with Wilders at the helm.

02:06 These results are the latest in a series of elections altering the European political

02:10 landscape.

02:15 The voters' message today seems clear.

02:17 There needs to be a tougher stance on migration from the government and Geert Wilders has

02:21 promised that he will listen.

02:23 Whether he finds other parties who are willing to go into government with him, that remains

02:28 to be seen.

02:29 This is Fernandes Vantetz, reporting for Euronews, The Hague.

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