Amsterdam-Oost is precisely the kind of neighbourhood that unsettles Geert Wilders, the populist leader of the Party for Freedom

We have officially set the election date: the… elections will take place on Wednesday 29 October 2025,” Interior Minister Judith Uitermark wrote on X

The Netherlands Friday scheduled a snap election for October 29 following the collapse of the government caused by the far-right Party for Freedom leaving the governing coalition.

Schoof will continue to lead a caretaker government until a new coalition is formed following the October vote.

The Netherlands will hold a general election on 29 October after far-right leader Geert Wilders pulled his Freedom Party out of the Dutch government earlier this week. The Minister of the Interior Judith Uitermark posted the date on X on Friday.

Right-wing leader Geert Wilders’ exit from government ended the already fragile Dutch coalition after just 11 months in power.

The Netherlands is set to hold new elections after the collapse of the governing coalition on Tuesday, Prime Minister Dick Schoof announced, hours after Geert Wilders' far-right party exited the government amid a dispute over migration policy.

The populist Geert Wilders withdrew his right-wing party from the ruling coalition, saying partners were stalling plans for the Netherlands’ “strictest migration policy ever.” By Claire ...

Prime Minister Dick Schoof, acting in a caretaker status after his resignation, sought parliamentary support on Wednesday for security and defense matters, a day after far-right leader Geert

King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands cut his visit to the Czech Republic short on June 4 after the Dutch government collapsed when representative Geert Wilders withdrew his party from the ruling coalition.