Wilders: I do not have enough support to become Dutch PM

Geert Wilders, leader of the far-right party PVV, will not be the next PM of the Netherlands (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

Geert Wilders, whose anti-Islam, anti-immigration rhetoric swept him to a stunning victory in a November election, said on Wednesday that he does not have the support of his prospective coalition partners to become the next Dutch prime minister.

Mr Wilders took to X, formerly Twitter, to say: “I can only become premier if ALL parties in the coalition support that. That wasn’t the case.”