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🚨Wow - this will be huge if it bears out. Exit polls show the pro-EU D66 party has WON the Dutch election. The far-right PVV party of Geeet Wildsrs has lost 12 seats, according to exit polls. Huge if true.

Exit polls in the Netherlands show the far-right defeated by the pro-EU D66 party in today's national election. Will it bear out?

With 99.7% of the vote counted, D66 is still ahead by 15,000 votes. It seems safe to say they've won. How did the Netherlands' most pro-EU party come out on top while the far-right PVV of Geert Wilders lost a third of their seats? I broke it down in my Substack column today:

By failing to mention that the 11 ex-PVV seats have all gone to other far right parties (including 6 seats for FvD which is *even more fascist* than PVV) you are creating the misconception that the Dutch have collectively rejected fascism and saved democracy. Please be more responsible.