2017 Elections - Test For The Rise Of Europe’s Far-Right

Dutch populist anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders, delivering a speech at a meeting of European Nationalists in Germany

Dutch populist anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders, delivering a speech at a meeting of European Nationalists in Germany Source: AP. Michael Probst

The popularity of far right parties across Europe - emboldened by Brexit and Donald Trump's U-S election victory - faces a critical first test before the French and German elections later this year.Elections in The Netherlands are now just a month away, and Geert Wilders - who leads the anti-Muslim Freedom Party - is forecast to top the polls. Feature by Christine Kearney



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