The victory of Geert Wild­ers’ far-Right Party for Freedom in the Dutch parliamentary elections has been described as a political bombshell. Long ostracised far-Right parties bolted to the centre of political power in Italy and Sweden last year. They are proponents of what the political scientist, Uriel Abulof, has described as “small nation” ethnic-nationalism. As Ram Swarup, who supported the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, told an interviewer: “History should be presented in an interesting manner. That is, after all, the central thesis of the Hindutva ideologues on the basis of which they claim to act.

Source: The Telegraph November 25, 2023 15:07 UTC