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The 'Jessiah': The Dutch progressive trying to turn back the populist tide
The governing liberal party led by Mark Rutte is standing at about 16% in the current poll of polls, as is Wilders’ party. Three others parties, including the Greens, hover around 11%. “A leftwing coalition – led by GroenLinks (Green Left) – could possibly be formed and include the Eurosceptic and hard-left Socialist party (SP) or even the fringe PvdD, an animal rights party, the respected Centre for European Reform has reported.