Dutch general election: a finger in the wind, not a litmus test

After Brexit and Trump’s triumph – and with Marine Le Pen making waves – some saw this contest as continuity versus chaos. But the pattern did not fitOne down, two to go. As the first major election since Britain opted to leave the EU and the US elected Donald Trump, the Dutch general election was widely seen as a litmus test for the strength of anti-establishment populism ahead of similar European votes this year.A win for Geert Wilders’ anti-Islam, anti-EU Freedom party