Dutch Election Favorite Rob Jetten
The EU's dream candidate, Rob Jetten, is favored to win the Dutch election.
Despite this, the Brussels establishment should not celebrate too hard just yet.
The Dutch Election Outcome
Wednesday's election in the Netherlands was a good day for Europe's centrists.
- Geert Wilders, the far-right populist, lost nearly a third of his voters.
- Rob Jetten, a pro-European liberal, surged in the final days of the campaign.
At 38, he would be the youngest person to hold the office since World War II and the first openly gay candidate ever to do so.
Author's summary: Rob Jetten is the EU's dream candidate for the Dutch election.