The 2017 Dutch parliamentary elections: a fragmented picture as Rutte and Wilders draw their battle lines

摘要

The Netherlands is due to hold parliamentary elections in March 2017. In the leadup to the vote we will be publishing a number of articles on the parties and the campaign. In the first article in the series, Hans Vollaard writes on the Dutch party system and why efforts to form the next government are likely to be extremely complex.