Centrist party Democrats 66 (D66) and the far-right Party for Freedom (PVV) tied with 26 seats in the latest Dutch elections. D66, with a slight vote lead, will likely lead talks for a centrist government that could reshape tobacco policy.
The centrist and pro-European liberal party D66 and the far-right PVV emerged as the largest parties in the elections, each securing 26 seats in the 150-member Tweede Kamer (lower house of the parliament). However, D66’s leader, Rob Jetten, received just under 30,000 more votes than Geert Wilders’s PVV, positioning his party to take the lead in coalition negotiations.
