Europe: The Slide Right Continues in Poland and the Netherlands
At the beginning of the month, the hard-fought-for Dutch coalition that Geert Wilders had won the right to be part of - and forfeited his right to be prime minister of the country for - had iced out the conservative leader one too many times over his party's hard-line immigration stance.After all, campaigning on border controls and deportations was what had gotten them elected. Wilders was determined to see reforms enacted, be damned what the EU diktats were. He wanted to enact what the Dutch people had voted his party in to do.As he watched his 'partners' effectively enact their...