Event· Eindhoven
Dutch Elections
The Dutch general election of March 15, 2017, in which Prime Minister Mark Rutte's VVD party narrowly defeated Geert Wilders' far-right Party for Freedom (PVV), was closely watched as a bellwether for the rise of European populism ahead of elections in France and Germany. A year later, it was often cited as a moment when the populist wave was contained, though the subsequent coalition formation to