2023 Dutch general election
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Early general elections were held in the Netherlands on 22 November 2023 to elect the members of the House of Representatives. The elections had been expected to be held in 2025 but a snap election was called after the fourth Rutte cabinet collapsed on 7 July 2023 due to immigration policy disagreements between the coalition parties. The incumbent Prime Minister Mark Rutte announced that he would not lead his party into the election and that he would retire from politics.
Ballot of the 2023 Dutch general election
Delft City Hall on election day 2023
Party for Freedom
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The Party for Freedom is a nationalist and right-wing populist political party in the Netherlands. Since the early 2020s, the party has rapidly grown in popularity, gaining significant support for its anti-immigration positions. After the 2023 general elections, it became the largest party in the House of Representatives.
Geert Wilders (left) with other politicians at the final television debate before the 2006 Dutch general election
Maxime Verhagen (left) and Mark Rutte (center) are presenting the coalition agreement with support of the PVV of Geert Wilders (right) in 2010
Geert Wilders speaking at a Lega Nord event in 2013
Geert Wilders during the campaign for the 2017 general election