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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Jon Henley European affairs correspondent

New Dutch government sworn in amid concerns over far-right ministers

Close-up of Geert Wilders in dark blue suit and light blue tie
Geert Wilders said the nominees spoke ‘the language of the man and woman in the street’. Photograph: REX/Shutterstock

The development aid minister has argued that development aid should be abolished, the asylum and immigration minister has referred to “population replacement”, and the housing minister was a vocal anti-lockdown campaigner.

Sworn in on Tuesday, the new Dutch cabinet of prime minister Dick Schoof, featuring five ministers from Geert Wilders’ far-right Freedom party (PVV) and two from the populist Farmer-Citizen Movement (BBB), has raised more than a few eyebrows in the Netherlands.

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