Netherlands election previews: Anti-Islam Wilders frontrunner as Dutch election campaign begins / (et al)

The formal campaigning period for the 15 March 2017 Dutch general election began on the 15 February 2017.

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ESO: Background information: Netherlands election previews: Will Geert Wilders follow Trump and win power? / Polls suggest mid-sized parties are now the new norm in Dutch politics / Dutch politics stops minding its language http://www.europeansources.info/record/netherlands-election-previews-will-geert-wilders-follow-trump-and-win-power-polls-suggest-mid-sized-parties-are-now-the-new-norm-in-dutch-politics-dutch-politics-stops-minding-its-language/

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EUObserver, 15.02.17: A guide to Dutch elections: how the system works https://euobserver.com/beyond-brussels/136905

Deutsche Welle, 18.02.17: Dutch far-right Wilders launches election campaign with attack on 'Moroccan scum' http://dw.com/p/2Xot5

Dutch News.nl, 18.02.17: Wilders launches PVV election campaign surrounded by police and press http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2017/02/wilders-launches-election-campaign-surrounded-by-police-and-press/

BBC News, 18.02.17: Dutch populist Geert Wilders calls some Moroccans 'scum' http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-39016179

Politico, 22.02.17: Mark Rutte and Geert Wilders neck-and-neck in Dutch poll http://www.politico.eu/article/mark-rutte-and-geert-wilders-neck-and-neck-in-dutch-poll/

Politico, 22.02.17: Dutch Labor exits stage left http://www.politico.eu/article/dutch-labor-party-exits-stage-left-dutch-elections-lodewijk-asscher/

Social Europe, 23.02.17: Netherlands election preview: Will Geert Wilders follow Trump and win power? https://www.socialeurope.eu/2017/02/netherlands-election-preview-will-geert-wilders-follow-trump-win-power/

Blog: LSE EuroppBlog, 23.02.17: Whether he wins or not, Geert Wilders has successfully managed to put Islam at the centre of the Dutch elections http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2017/02/23/wilders-islam-dutch-elections/

EUObserver, 15.02.17: Dutch will count votes on offline PCs to prevent hacking https://euobserver.com/foreign/136920

Carnegie Europe: Strategic Europe, 23.02.17: A Dutch Election in a European Storm http://carnegieeurope.eu/strategiceurope/68092

Spiegel Online International, 23.02.17: Cut From the Same Cloth. Geert Wilders Follows the Trump Twitter Trail http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/geert-wilders-and-donald-trump-use-same-playbook-a-1135759.html

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