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Europe in Open Revolt
Workers remove an election poster for Geert Wilders. (Photo by ROBIN UTRECHT/ANP/AFP via Getty Images)
Geert Wilders’ landslide victory in the Netherlands has shocked the chattering class. It shouldn’t have. Plus: How to save France.
By Oliver Wiseman
11.29.23
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“Europe is in shock,” write Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Evelyn Markus in our lead story today. 

The cause of that shock is the triumph of Geert Wilders in last week’s Dutch elections. That the anti-immigration populist now leads the largest party in the Dutch parliament is indeed a stunning outcome given his status as an outcast from the mainstream of Dutch poli…

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Oliver Wiseman
Oliver Wiseman is the deputy editor of The Free Press. Previously, he was the executive editor of The Spectator World and a regular contributor to UnHerd, City Journal, the Evening Standard, and a range of other publications.
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