‘Dutch First’ Party Shocks Political Establishment with Win in Netherlands

‘Dutch First’ Party Shocks Political Establishment with Win in Netherlands
Thierry Baudet of the Forum for Democracy party gives a speech during election night in Zeist, the Netherlands, on March 21, 2019. Bart Maat/AFP/Getty Images
John Smithies
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A Dutch political party that opposes immigration and promotes “Dutch first” policies will become the joint largest party in the country’s Senate, shocking the political establishment.

The Forum for Democracy party, led by 36-year-old Thierry Baudet, will now have as many seats in the Senate as Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD).

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