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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does this event open the way for the left in the Netherlands? Do the Dutch hold more or less sway in the EU than Poland? Will Gerrts Wilders run for PM or will he fade away now?

The next parliamentary elections in several EU countries will be fascinating to watch over the next few years.

I’ve been shocked at the rise of nationalism in Netherlands. It always seemed so liberal [/quote]

Life there is a lot harder than it used to be, and immigrants don’t assimilate at all, unlike the US. I’m not at all surprised. [/quote]

It's been trying even in the most expansive of societies to have immigration where it feels to citizens that immigrants are taking advantage, not contributing, and not assimilating. I'm no scholar on this but I think in the past the scale has been much smaller, and the pockets of immigrants looked out for their own without government assistance or breaking laws. Then their children assimilated - one generation.

Now perhaps, the scale is larger, the impact is larger, the exposure to their "plight" (we need to help them!) is more expansive, so there is more resentment, more awareness and more triggering. And it's all happening quickly. [/quote]

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