The Death of the Old Europe—and the Rise of the Right
Geert Wilders reacts to the early results of his stunning election victory, which have reverberated throughout Europe. (Photo by Remko De Waal/AFP via Getty Images)
Geert Wilders’ landslide victory in the Netherlands has shocked Europe. It didn’t shock Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Evelyn Markus.
Europe is in shock. Geert Wilders—variously called “far-right,” an “anti-Islamist populist,” and the Dutch Donald Trump—won last Wednesday’s election in the Netherlands. His party is now the biggest in the Dutch parliament. For years, Wilders has been an outcast, considered too toxic by mainstream politics and too extreme by the overwhelmingly liberal m…
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