Geert Wilders’ far-right party leads polls two months before Dutch vote

Migration, the economy, housing, and foreign affairs are expected to dominate the upcoming election campaign in the Netherlands.

With two months to go before voters head to the polls, the far-right Party for Freedom (PVV), led by Geert Wilders, is currently ahead in the latest opinion surveys.

The snap election, scheduled for 29 October, was triggered after the PVV withdrew from the coalition government in June following a dispute over migration policy. As political parties resume campaigning after the summer recess, the polls indicate that the PVV could secure 33 of the 150 parliamentary seats, with the centre-left alliance of the Greens and Labour (GroenLinks-PvdA) projected to follow with 26 seats.

Meanwhile, support for the incumbent coalition parties – the centre-right VVD, the far-right pro-farmer BBB, and the conservative NSC – has dropped noticeably. The VVD faces the steepest decline, forecast to fall from 24 to 15 seats, according to the same survey.

via Euronews