The Netherlands was the front line in the European Union’s fightback against a euroskeptic populist rebellion in 2017. The failure of Geert Wilders’ hard-right anti-immigrant PVV party to score a decisive breakthrough in March’s general election and Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s return to office as the head of a pro-EU four-party coalition—albeit after 208 days of negotiations and with a parliamentary majority of just one—was greeted with relief across the continent.

Source: Wall Street Journal January 28, 2018 19:41 UTC