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The Dutch Elections Are a Victory for Pro-European Parties, But There Is Growing Opposition to the EU’s Bailout Policies
EUROPP (2012)
  • Cas Mudde, University of Georgia
Abstract

Early results from Wednesday’s elections in the Netherlands show a large fall in support for the radical-right Party for Freedom (PVV), led by Geert Wilders, and gains for the two mainstream parties, the VVD and PvdA. Cas Mudde argues that despite Dutch voters rejecting the broadly Eurosceptic platform of the PVV, Eurosceptic sentiment within the country is growing and the anti-European populist parties on the far-right and far-left will be ready to capitalise on any failures by the mainstream parties in government.

Keywords
  • elections,
  • Netherlands,
  • European Union
Disciplines
Publication Date
September 13, 2012
Citation Information
Cas Mudde. "The Dutch Elections Are a Victory for Pro-European Parties, But There Is Growing Opposition to the EU’s Bailout Policies" EUROPP (2012)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/cas_mudde/82/