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Lisa O'Carroll in Rotterdam

Tax, healthcare, immigration: why Dutch people voted for Geert Wilders

Jeanette, 35, in Rotterdam, says her family is struggling to make ends meet.
Jeanette, 35, in Rotterdam, says her family is struggling to make ends meet. Photograph: Lisa O'Carroll, the Guardian

The triumph of Geert Wilders at the Dutch polls is one of the biggest political upsets in European politics and, just like Brexit, will send reverberations across the continent. But in the Dutch city of Rotterdam, where the far-right Party for Freedom (PVV) is now the biggest political grouping, the earthquake was met with more of a shrug than a gasp.

“While he said ‘enough is enough’ he is right: enough is enough,” said Jeannette, 34, receiving a delivery of bags of potatoes for the chip shop where she works. “We pay too much tax, too much for healthcare, too much for rent. We can’t take it any more.”

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