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  • New Dutch government takes shape

    05/17/2002 1:18:39 PM PDT · by Walkin Man · 14 replies · 171+ views
    cnn.com ^ | 5-17-02
    <p>AMSTERDAM, Netherlands --The Netherlands' dramatic and sudden electoral switch from liberal-socialism to conservatism is being finalised as the country's victorious Christian Democrats (CDA) begin forming a government.</p> <p>The ruling centre-left Labour party suffered its worst defeat since World War II in a momentous election dominated by voter concerns over crime, immigration and public services.</p>
  • Black immigrant is new face of Pim Fortuyn List

    05/08/2002 10:39:55 PM PDT · by Timesink · 17 replies · 307+ views
    The Daily Telegraph ^ | May 9, 2002 | Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
    Black immigrant is new face of Pim Fortuyn List By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard in The Hague(Filed: 09/05/2002) AS if Pim Fortuyn had not done enough already to turn Dutch politics upside down, the standard bearer of his anti-immigration movement is now a black cosmetics executive from the Cape Verde isles.Joao Varela, 27, is the new number one candidate on the Pim Fortuyn List. Under Holland's parliamentary tradition, Queen Beatrix may be required to invite him to form the next government should the party emerge as the biggest grouping in the elections next Wednesday.Polls taken just before Mr Fortuyn's murder on...