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"WACO": Why does Wilders always chicken out? (Photo: European Parliament)

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Why did Wilders quit?

Far-right leader Geert Wilders has pulled the plug on the Dutch government, plunging the country into political uncertainty.

His Freedom Party (PVV) was the largest in the governing four-party coalition, but after a meeting with the other party leaders that reportedly lasted just eight minutes, Wilders decided he could no longer support a government that, in h...

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Wester is a journalist from the Netherlands with a focus on the green economy. He joined EUobserver in September 2021. Previously he was editor-in-chief of Vice, Motherboard, a science-based website, and climate economy journalist for The Correspondent.

"WACO": Why does Wilders always chicken out? (Photo: European Parliament)

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Wester is a journalist from the Netherlands with a focus on the green economy. He joined EUobserver in September 2021. Previously he was editor-in-chief of Vice, Motherboard, a science-based website, and climate economy journalist for The Correspondent.

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