His PVV (Freedom Party) won 35 seats in parliament, a landslide according to initial results and a generally reliable exit poll. "I call on the parties... Now we will have to look for agreements with each other," Wilders told cheering supporters. Diederick van Wijk from the Clingendael Institute told AFP the Netherlands was now in "uncharted territory" after the "landslide victory" of Wilders. Wilders already won plaudits from Hungary's nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who hailed "winds of change" after the exit poll. "I don't regret fighting for freedom," Wilders told AFP in an interview ahead of elections in 2021.

Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha November 23, 2023 15:52 UTC