Wilder’s Freedom Party won the last election but without a sufficient majority to make him prime minister.
When the ruling coalition refused to go along with his anti-immigration requests, he pulled out of the coalition, collapsing the government.
Wilderspulled his far-right PVV (Party for Freedom) out of government, citing differences with his partners because of a lack of action over proposals to curb immigration.
The PVV entered its first coalition government six months after a surprise victory in the Netherlands’ November 2023 parliamentary elections; striking a deal with the conservative People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), the centrist New Social Contract (NSC) and the populist Farmer-Citizen Movement (BBB).