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    Dutch elections: In some ways, Geert Wilders has already won

    Dutch voters go to the polls on Wednesday, and one candidate for Prime Minister is Geert Wilders, a populist with controversial views on Islam and immigration. His encouragement of anti-Muslim sentiment in the Netherlands brought an angry response this weekend from Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Prime Minister of Turkey, who called the Dutch fascists.

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    By Warren Olney • Mar 13, 2017 • 1 min read

    Dutch voters go to the polls on Wednesday, and one candidate for Prime Minister is Geert Wilders, a populist with controversial views on Islam and immigration. His encouragement of anti-Muslim sentiment in the Netherlands brought an angry response this weekend from Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Prime Minister of Turkey, who called the Dutch fascists. Peter Thal Larsen, global economics editor with Reuters Breakingviews, reports on how anti-immigrant sentiment whipped up by Wilders might well impact the Dutch election.

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Luke Vander Ploeg

      Producer, 'To the Point'

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      Peter Thal Larsen

      Reuters Breakingviews

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    The full episode

    1 of 3
    Trump, Russia and rabbit holes
    1. 1:24Dutch elections: In some ways, Geert Wilders has already wonYou’re reading this
    2. 7:58Trump and Russia: A real scandal or a diversion?
    3. 43:04Federal court rules Texas redistricting discriminatory
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