The Dutch are aiming to quarantine populism. Should the rest of the world follow suit?

By Daniel Drache, Professor emeritus, Department of Politics, York University, Canada
Marc D. Froese, Professor of Political Science and Founding Director, International Studies Program, Burman University

In November 2023, Geert Wilders’ stridently anti-immigrant, anti-Muslim party swept the Dutch elections in what the media called a political earthquake.

The magnitude of his win came as a shock to the centre and left parties in the Dutch legislature. They jointly decided that “Europe’s…

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