Geert Wilders, the 61-year-old leader of Netherlands’ Freedom Party, has got the majority of votes in the European country’s elections. In episode 1353 of #CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at the explicitly anti-Islam leader’s politics and his role in the new ‘populism’ sweeping over Europe.
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Research by Himansha Baweja
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Chapters:
02:25 - Geert Wilders-led party is projected to win most seats in Dutch parliamentary polls
05:01 - Party for Freedom garnered 23.5% vote this time
08:15 - Wilders has called for referendum on Netherlands' EU membership
11:05 - Frans Timmermans-led Labour-Green alliance is projected to win 25 seats
14:25 - Wilders called for ban on the Quran and compared it to Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf
18:55 - 'Even health care is Islamizing rapidly': PVV's 2010 manifesto
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