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Dutch Government Collapses as Wilders Exits Over Asylum Policy

Dutch Government Collapses as Wilders Exits Over Asylum Policy

Above: PVV leader Geert Wilders addresses media ahead of weekly coalition talks in the Lower House in The Hague, on May 27, 2025.  Image copyright: ROBIN VAN LONKHUIJSEN/ANP/AFP via Getty Images

The Spin

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Metaculus Prediction

There is a 9% chance that any member state leaves the Eurozone before 2030, according to the Metaculus prediction community.


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