Geert Wilders and his Dutch Party for Freedom (PVV) jumped in the election polls after leaving the Netherlands’ ruling coalition.
It was up by five seats to 33 in the latest poll compared to two weeks ago.
If that translated into an election, PVV would be the biggest party in the Dutch parliament once again.
It appeared the PVV gained due to its tough stance on migration after the other parties in the government maintained their positions.
The Netherlands did not co-sign a letter from nine EU leaders calling for more flexibility in interpreting the European Convention on Human Rights to allow them to expel criminal migrants.
Because tougher policies appeared to be disregarded by his partners, Wilders and the PVV decided to leave the coalition.
YESSS!! 👍
PVV +5 zetels
VVD -4 zetels
GL/PvdA -3 zetelsPVV op 1 met 33 zetels!!
NEDERLAND WIL DE PVV!!
EN GEEN YESILGOZ/TIMMERMANS#PVV #PVVOP1 #WILDERS @Opiniepanel @EenVandaag pic.twitter.com/QOefbXG8N1
— Geert Wilders (@geertwilderspvv) June 10, 2025
The latest poll came after the fall of Prime Minister Dick Schoof’s cabinet and did not include statements by the centre-right Liberal Party (VVD) leader Dilan Yeşilgöz, who said she did not want to work with the PVV again.
That might hurt the VVD in future polls, as the party would be beholden to left-wing parties for future co-operation.
VVD would gain a few seats compared to the elections but would be dropping from 30 to 26 compared to the previous poll.
Socialists and Greens, who formed a unity list under the leadership of Frans Timmermans, would remain in place, scoring 25 seats, after having had more in previous polls.
NSC, the new Centrist Christian Democratic Party of Pieter Omtzigt, would collapse from 20 seats in the last elections to just one.
Conversely, the CDA, the traditional Christian Democratic party would recover from five seats to 20.
The Farmer-Citizen Movement (BBB) also continued to lose and would land on only three seats, coming from seven in the last elections.
These seats would be spread out over the high number of smaller party in the Dutch parliament.
