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Meet Geert Wilders, the Dutch Trump

What does the return of an anti-Islamist, hard-right politician mean for The Netherlands?

The victory of Geert Wilders in Holland’s recent election has raised the spectre of a European Donald Trump. Now scrabbling to put together a coalition government, what does the return of an anti-Islamist, hard-right politician mean for The Netherlands, and for Europe more widely?

Guest: Bruno Waterfield, Contributor for The Times in Brussels.

Host: Manveen Rana.

Clips: Reuters, France 24, AP, Al Jazeera, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½.

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