Dutch shift to right unsettles mainstream parties

Article reports that the decision by every seventh Dutch voter to support the party of Geert Wilders, the anti-immigration politician, in the European Parliament elections June 2009 is likely to drag domestic politics to the right and unsettle mainstream parties in other European Union states.

EurActiv, 5.6.09: Dutch politicians: EU poll results 'shameful' http://www.euractiv.com/en/eu-elections/dutch-politicians-eu-poll-results-shameful/article-182920

NRC Handelsblad, 5.6.09: Dutch lose ground in Brussels http://www.nrc.nl/international/europe/article2262844.ece/Dutch_lose_ground_in_Brussels

BBC News, 5.6.09: Dutch far right in poll triumph http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8084281.stm

NRC Handelsblad, 4.6.09: Wilders big winner of Dutch EU elections http://www.nrc.nl/international/article2261576.ece/Wilders_big_winner_of_Dutch_EU_elections

NRC Handelsblad, 5.6.09: The Netherlands is now a polarised country http://www.nrc.nl/international/Features/article2262197.ece/The_Netherlands_is_now_a_polarised_country

Radio Netherlands Worldwide, 5.6.09: Geert Wilders' anti-EU party biggest election winner http://www.rnw.nl/english/article/geert-wilders-anti-eu-party-biggest-election-winner

The Economist, No.8635, 13.6.09: The Eurosceptic Dutch. Wilders rides in http://www.economist.com/world/europe/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13832564

---