Dutch lead populist charge in EU elections

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Jan HENNOP | AFP

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Sun, 2019-05-19 03:41

THE HAGUE: A flamboyant Dutch populist could open the floodgates for a tidal wave of euroskeptic and anti-immigration parties across the continent in this week’s European Parliament elections.
Classics-quoting climate skeptic Thierry Baudet founded the Forum for Democracy just two years ago, but his party is on course to beat Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s Liberals when the Netherlands votes on Thursday.

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