The Dutch prime minister, Mark Rutte, and his liberal VVD party appear to have comfortably beaten the anti-Islam Freedom party of Geert Wilders to become the largest in the new parliament, a usually reliable exit poll suggested. Dutch election’s big winner proves to be GreenLeft Read moreThe eyes of Europe had been on the vote, he added. Both Wilders and Rutte had framed the vote as a barometer for nativist populism. Several Twitter accounts including those of the European parliament, the German newspaper Die Welt and Amnesty International were also hacked, apparently by pro-Erdoğan activists. “We need to send out a strong signal to other European countries.”But Donny Bonsink, a 24-year-old chef, was for Wilders.

Source: The Guardian March 15, 2017 20:39 UTC