Geert Wilders, the Netherlands’ notorious rightwing extremist, is the subject of a bestselling new book by the Dutch academic Meindert Fennema, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice. Wilders – currently standing trial in an Amsterdam court, accused of inciting racial hatred – is the main power broker in an unsteady coalition that has finally been put together, after months of negotiations, between the Christian Democrat (CDA) and Liberal-Conservative (VVD) parties. The arrangement as it stands is that Wilders’ party, the Freedom Party (PVV), will provide parliamentary support for a CDA-VVD coalition.
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