Dutch Governing Coalition collapses: Libertarian Geert Wilders "delighted"

Wilders the Frontrunner in some Polls

Jan Peter Balkenende, leader of the leading Dutch Party, the Christian Democrats, made the announcement that coalition partners failed to reach agreement on continuing presence of Dutch troops in Afghanistan. As a result, the coalition has disintegrated. Balekende has made a formal request to the Queen for new elections.

Polls show that the CDA will lose seats mainly to the Dutch libertarian party of Geert Wilders: PVV or Party for Freedom. Some recent polls even suggest Wilder's party could gain the largest number of seats in Parliament which would ascend him to the Dutch Presidency.

From Jakarta Globe:

anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders, whose PVV party is making strong gains in the polls, said he was "delighted" at the cabinet collapse.

"The worst cabinet ever did not deserve to govern for another day," he said.

From the UK Telegraph:

Elections are likely later this year, and the big winner could be the controversial Right-winger Geert Wilders.

Opinion polls predict that his anti-immigration (sic) Freedom Party could become the second-largest or even largest party, making him the likely power broker in Dutch politics.

The First libertarian Prime Minister of a European Nation ever

From the London Financial Times:

Party for Freedom of Geert Wilders... has consistently done well in polls, with the most recent surveys forecasting it could win 24 of the 150 parliamentary seats and become the second biggest parliamentary party after the Christian Democrats. Currently it has just nine seats.

If he exceeds expectations, Wilders could become the first libertarian Head of State ever to govern in a European country.

Note - Wilders is currently on trial in the Netherlands for making politically incorrect statements about Radical Islam, and for producing a film, "Fitna," critical of Muslim treatment of women.

He has received death threats worldwide, and has to travel with an entourage of body guards. (Wilder's predecessor Gay libertarian anti-Islamist Pym Fortuyn, who was running for election, was assasinated by a Muslim-sympathizing extremist in 2005 on the streets of Amsterdam.)

Photos of Wilders and his friend American libertarian Pamela Geller up top, and anti-Wilders demonstrators in Indonesia.

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