[pgkdan]

Coalition talks will take at least two months, but yes, Wilders greatly under-performed expectations, and Rutte greatly exceeded his.

I agree. He didn't lose, he just failed to win. Rutte's response to Turkey's Erdogan really helped at the last minute.

Wilders gave the Dutch the perfect opportunity to say STOP! We've come this far but NO MORE! And they failed. I deplore the timidity that Europeans are showing all over the western half of the continent. What's it going to take to wake these people up? At this point I don't think anything will make them shake off their stupor.

[elcid1970]

Geert Wilder’s life now won’t be worth a plugged euro as Muslims continue to flood in.

He should be invited to America & to earn U.S. citizenship.

The same offer should be extended to Afrikaners in SA and for the same reason: the barbarians are taking over.

[Theodore R.]

The Dutch are too stubborn to be awakened: their liberalism means everything to them, as they long ago abandoned Christianity.

[etabeta]

My European friends are all rejoicing today that populism didn’t win......

[pepsi_junkie]

At this point I don't think anything will make them shake off their stupor.

The Stockholm syndrome is strong with Europeans.