Geert Wilders may have blown his chances in the European elections,
writes Robin Pascoe in the Dutch News.NL following his racist statements
last night in the Hague.Even though Wilders party the PVV fielded candidates only in The Hague and the city of Almere, Wilders must have hoped it was going to be his night in the Hague, just like in 2010.
The party was pretty well assured of remaining the biggest in the polder city of Almere and looked set to dominate in fhe Hague as well.
It did not work out for Wilders as he had hoped.
Support for the PVV fell in both places - almost one percentage point in Almere and 2.6 percentage points in The Hague. Only Government coalition partners Labour and the VVD did worse in the city of peace and justice.
Before the results became known, however, Wilders was prepared to triumph. He entered the party meeting in The Hague - once again - as he called it, "the eye of the Tiger", from the theme of the movie Rocky. He wanted to be the classic underdog looking to deliver a knock-out blow to the political establishment in The Hague.
He spoke of what a great night it was - even though the results that interested him were not yet out - and then came the chanting. 'Do you want more or fewer Moroccans in your city and in the Netherlands?,’ Wilders asked the crowd. They chanted ‘fewer, fewer, fewer’. 'We're going to organize it,' Wilders said with a faint smile.
"It ain't going to happen - you racist A-hole", said a political opponent. .
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