Geert Wilders

Europe News

Dutch PM Dick Schoof steps down after Wilders quits ruling coalition

Schoof's announcement comes hours after Wilders said he had taken the decision to withdraw from the coalition because his partners were unwilling to agree to his migration plans.

03/06/2025

Europe News

Wilders threatens to leave Dutch ruling coalition over migration plan

"We've done enough concessions," Wilders said during a press conference announcing his 10-point plan on Monday, adding that if "nothing or not enough happens, we’re out."

26/05/2025

Europe News

Geert Wilders threatens to quit Dutch coalition over asylum law change

The Dutch government's different parties have argued for months over draft legislation that tightens asylum law in the Netherlands.

11/02/2025

Europe News

Dutch government avoids collapse after state secretary quits

Nora Achahbar quit after hearing racist comments in cabinet as it discussed the violent Amsterdam football match that was marred by antisemitism and Islamophobia.

16/11/2024

Europe News

Dutch state secretary to quit over racist remarks after riots

The clashes between pro-Palestinian protesters and Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters led to international reactions, condemning the violence.

15/11/2024

Radio Schuman

The European Council’s paradigm shift on migration

At a summit where migration dominated, the EU's 27 leaders drafted their final conclusions just before midnight, with so-called "return hubs" and a timeline for a landmark migration pact missing from the agenda.

18/10/2024

Europe News

Far-right leaders gather in northern Italy for Lega party rally

Lega's leader Matteo Salvini, facing legal action for his anti-migrant policies, was supported by far-right leaders like Orbán and Wilders at a gathering on Sunday, calling him a hero.

06/10/2024

Netherlands

Dutch coalition partners row over immigration as king lays out agenda

Decades-old rifts over how and whether the Netherlands should accommodate new arrivals have been driven wide open by a far-right surge.

17/09/2024

Europe News

Rule of law protests greet new Dutch government at swearing-in

A group of protesters watched from behind the fences at Huis ten Bosch Palace as a new Dutch cabinet was sworn in.

02/07/2024

Europe News

Former spy chief Dick Schoof sworn in as new Dutch PM

Dutch King Willem-Alexander swore in the new ministers and state secretaries at the royal Huis ten Bosch Palace in The Hague on Tuesday.

02/07/2024

Europe News

Dutch far right takes migration, trade and economy portfolios

Candidate ministers need a formal confirmation by parliament, set for next week.

13/06/2024

Europe News

Le Pen, Wilders and allies in Brussels to discuss uniting EU far right

Far-right leaders are expected to broach the possible re-configuration of the right wing in the European Parliament.

12/06/2024

Europe News

Dutch far-right, centre-left bloc neck and neck in EU elections

The PVV’s Geert Wilders has in the past called for the Netherlands to leave the EU as Britain did, but his party’s manifesto makes no mention of a so-called Nexit and instead urges voters to back the PVV so it can change the EU from within.

06/06/2024

Europe News

Who is Dick Schoof and why did Geert Wilders choose him as new PM?

Schoof's apparent lack of political experience starkly contrasts with that of his liberal predecessor, Mark Rutte, who has led the Netherlands since 2010 and played an influential role in the EU.

29/05/2024

Europe News

Former spy chief expected to be new prime minister of the Netherlands

It has taken months of post-election negotiations to form a right-wing government.

28/05/2024

Europe News

Renew Europe will vote to expel Dutch VVD on June 10, group chief says

The Dutch centrist party's decision to enter a four-way coalition with a far-right faction is unacceptable for the group's leadership.

21/05/2024

Netherlands

Wilders strikes a deal to form new coalition in the Netherlands

Six months after winning the Dutch national elections, far-right anti-Islam leader Geert Wilders has agreed to form a four-party coalition.

15/05/2024

World News

Geert Wilders gives up hope of being Dutch PM due to lack of support

The leader of the far-right Party for Freedom, says he doesn't have the support of likely coalition partners to become Dutch premier

14/03/2024

Netherlands

Talks to form far-right Dutch government collapse

Potential coalition partners with Geert Wilders' Party for Freedom are wary of his more extreme anti-Islam plans.

07/02/2024

Euronews Witness

What's behind the Netherlands' turn to the far-right?

Euronews International Correspondent Valérie Gauriat speaks with voters in the Netherlands to understand how the far-right PVV party secured a victory in the 2023 parliamentary elections.

19/01/2024