{"id":2505354,"date":"2025-10-31T16:29:01","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T20:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dutch-centrists-declare-victory-in-election-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-10-31T16:31:36","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T20:31:36","slug":"dutch-centrists-declare-victory-in-election-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dutch-centrists-declare-victory-in-election-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Dutch centrists declare victory in election &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdutch-centrists-declare-victory-in-election-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2505354&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The recent election in the Netherlands saw a significant victory for centrist parties, with the pro-European union Democrats 66 (D66) party, led by Rob Jetten, emerging as the largest party in parliament. Jetten declared triumph after D66 tripled its seats, narrowly surpassing the right-wing Party for Freedom (PVV) led by Geert Wilders. This election marks a setback for the PVV, which lost support after previously dominating in 2023 and triggering early elections by leaving the governing coalition over asylum and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-administration-reverses-187-million-in-cuts-to-new-york-counterterrorism-efforts\/\" title=\"Trump administration reverses 7 million in cuts to New York counterterrorism efforts\">immigration policy disputes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Jetten, who would become the youngest and first openly gay prime minister of the Netherlands if confirmed, emphasized that his party&#8217;s victory shows that positive campaigning can defeat populist movements. D66 supports continued fair and humane asylum procedures, aligning with European migration policies. Conversely, Wilders criticized Jetten&#8217;s premature victory claims and vowed strong opposition to his government.<\/p>\n<p>The election also saw mixed results for othre parties: the center-right People&#8217;s Party for Freedom and Democracy held steady, while the GreenLeft-Labor alliance lost seats, prompting the resignation of its leader. Smaller right-wing parties, like JA21, gained ground by focusing on <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >stricter migration controls<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democratic-rep-mary-gay-scanlon-falsely-claims-philadelphia-never-defunded-police\/\" title=\"Democratic Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon Falsely Claims Philadelphia Never Defunded Police\">increased police funding<\/a>. coalition-building will be challenging due to the fragmented parliament.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Dutch centrists declare victory in election, right-wing calls it &lsquo;arrogance&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2378122\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Centrism seems to have triumphed in the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/netherlands\/\">Netherlands<\/a> after a nail-biter <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/election-2025\/\">election<\/a> between the political middle and the right-wing.<\/p>\n<p>Rob Jetten, leader of the centrist Democrats 66 party, declared victory on Friday after the pro-<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/european-union\/\">European Union <\/a>faction tripled its seats and took a surprising bite out of the right-wing Party for Freedom (PVV).<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/3870680\/putin-touting-weapons-tests-latest-strategic-pr-message-trump\/\">Putin&#8217;s touting of weapons tests is his latest &#8216;strategic PR message&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3870648\/virginia-giuffre-family-celebrates-prince-andrew-stripped-titles\/\">Late accuser Virginia Giuffre has &#8216;taken down&#8217; Prince Andrew, family celebrates<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3869643\/xi-trump-embrace-delicate-friendship-do-not-always-see-eye-to-eye\/\">Xi and Trump embrace tepid, delicate friendship though they &#8216;do not always see eye to eye&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;We are the biggest party in the Netherlands! Now we&rsquo;ll get to work for all Dutch people,&rdquo; Jetten declared on social media Friday.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rob Jetten, leader of the Democrats 66, celebrates one day after the general election at the House of Representatives in The Hague on Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025. (AP Photo\/Peter Dejong)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;I think we&rsquo;ve now shown to the rest of Europe and the world that it is possible to beat the populist movements if you campaign with a positive message for your country,&rdquo; Jetten said.<\/p>\n<p>D66 and Party for Freedom finished neck-and-neck in the Wednesday election, with both expected to secure 26 seats in the Dutch parliament.<\/p>\n<p>Jetten previously said that D66 was &ldquo;waiting in suspense for the definitive result&rdquo; of the election due to the extremely narrow polls.<\/p>\n<p>His position seems to have changed after media outlets began projecting his victory.<\/p>\n<p>National news agency ANP is claiming D66 beat out the Party for Freedom by a narrow 15,000-vote spread. The agency also projects that the party will scoop up one more seat.<\/p>\n<p>The binding results will be released by the nation&rsquo;s Electoral Council no earlier than Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The 38-year-old former consultant would be the Netherlands&rsquo; youngest-ever prime minister and would also be the first openly gay person to head the national government.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The positive forces have won!&rdquo; Jetten previously said of D66&rsquo;s massive gains. &ldquo;I want to get to work for all Dutch people, because this is the land of us all!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Party for Freedom, led by lawmaker Geert Wilders, saw a marked decline from its first-place finish in the 2023 elections.<\/p>\n<p>Wilders has rebuked Jetten&rsquo;s declaration of victory, citing the pending announcement and saying that he will wait until the electoral council announces the result rather than relying on news reports.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What arrogance not to wait for that!&rdquo; Wilders said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Right-wing anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders, second left, casts his vote at a polling station during general elections in The Hague, Netherlands, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025. (AP Photo\/Peter Dejong)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He continued: &ldquo;But even if D66 becomes the largest, the PVV will not let the Netherlands be dismantled by Jetten and his ilk and will oppose his left-liberal mismanagement with full force from day one, 26 seats strong!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Wilders established the PVV&nbsp;so that he is the&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dutchnews.nl\/2025\/08\/wilders-presents-new-candidates-agema-quits-after-22-years\/\">only registered member<\/a>, allowing successful candidates to represent the party as lawmakers while Wilders wields sole power over its platform.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless of whether D66 is declared the largest party in the parliament, the election displays a marked drop in support for the Party for Freedom.<\/p>\n<p>In September, PVV candidates were projected to win 33 seats out of the 150-seat legislature.<\/p>\n<p>Wilders&rsquo;s party&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c0r1x5yyd5wo\">triggered this week&rsquo;s election<\/a>&nbsp;when it left a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dutch-anti-immigration-party-surges-ahead-of-election-after-teens-murder-by-asylum-seeker\/\" title=\"... of ... after teen...s murder by ... seeker\">shaky governing coalition<\/a> in June over its failure to implement freezes on asylum applications and requests for family reunification. The PVV was the largest party in the coalition, but other parties refused to join together if Wilders were to head the government.<\/p>\n<p>Support for the party, which is vocally anti-<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/immigration\/\">immigration <\/a>and skeptical of Islam, surged months back following the high-profile murder of a 17-year-old girl named Lisa in Amsterdam.<\/p>\n<p>Lisa, who was&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dutchnews.nl\/2025\/08\/asylum-seeker-arrested-for-suspected-murder-of-lisa-17-and-rape\/\">reportedly cycling home<\/a>&nbsp;following a night out, was stabbed to death by a 22-year-old asylum-seeker. She was<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/06\/03\/world\/europe\/geert-wilders-netherlands-coalition.html\">&nbsp;stabbed multiple times<\/a>&nbsp;in the neck as she attempted to call the authorities, according to reports. Emergency responders arrived too late, finding her dead.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities arrested a resident of the city&rsquo;s Central Agency for the&nbsp;Reception of Asylum Seekers&nbsp;facility in relation to the murder.<\/p>\n<p>The same <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/asylum-and-refugees\/\">asylum-seeker<\/a> is believed to have attacked and sexually assaulted a separate woman in Amsterdam just five days prior. His identity has not been released pending trial, in accordance with Dutch law.<\/p>\n<p>D66&rsquo;s platform offered a migration stance that would continue the current trends with a greater emphasis on fairness for arriving immigrants.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rob Jetten, leader of the center-left D66 party, speaks onstage during exit poll results at an election venue during a general election in Leiden, Netherlands, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025. (AP Photo\/Peter Dejong)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;We want asylum procedures to be fast and fair, and our reception facilities to be humane and fairly distributed across the country,&rdquo; the platform <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/d66.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Election_program_2025-2030.pdf\">reads<\/a>. &ldquo;We will also support the implementation of the European Migration Pact in June 2026 as an important step on the way to a fair, humane, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/immigration-expert-blasts-biden-admin-over-claims-on-border-crisis-an-offense-to-human-intelligence\/\" title=\"Immigration Expert Blasts Biden Admin Over Claims On Border Crisis: \u2018An Offense To Human Intelligence\u2019\">effective asylum system<\/a> across Europe. Newcomers should have the opportunity to work as soon as possible or be able to get an education.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Regardless of the granular results, it will be difficult to form a coalition government due to the wide breadth of parties in the legislature.<\/p>\n<p>The center-right People&rsquo;s Party for Freedom and Democracy managed to avoid catastrophic losses, giving up just two seats and placing third.<\/p>\n<p>The GreenLeft-Labor alliance was not so lucky, losing five seats and ending up in fourth. Leader Frans Timmermans resigned from his position on Wednesday following the underperformance.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3787950\/dutch-anti-immigration-party-surges-teenager-murder-asylum-seeker\/\">DUTCH ANTI-IMMIGRATION PARTY SURGES AHEAD OF ELECTION AFTER TEENAGER&rsquo;S MURDER BY ASYLUM-SEEKER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While the Christian Democrat Alliance did not overtake any of the largest parties, it made spectacular gains, going from just five seats to 18, well within striking distance of GreenLeft-Labor and the People&rsquo;s Party for Freedom and Democracy.<\/p>\n<p>Many of the votes lost by the PVV went to smaller right-wing parties, including JA21 &mdash; a movement focused on curbing migration and expanding police funding that scooped up an impressive eight seats.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dutch centrists claim win; right-wing labels it &#8216;arrogance<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3468,"featured_media":2505355,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AP25303375815234.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[27924,62367,32321],"class_list":["post-2505354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-centrists","tag-dutch-politics","tag-election-results"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AP25303375815234.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2505354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3468"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2505354"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2505354\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2505358,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2505354\/revisions\/2505358"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2505355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2505354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2505354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2505354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}