http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/259a705a61e21fe0 https://verfassungsblog.de/dutch-rule-of-law-alert/ Dutch Rule of Law Alert - Why Dutch Constitutional Culture Is not Prepared for Geert Wilders' Shock Electoral Win Graaf, Niels eng 2023-11-28 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Constitutional Court Geert Wilders Illiberalism Militant Democracy Netherlands Niederlande Wilders Geert | 1963- | Politiker Abgeordneter Niederlande Wilders Geert | 1963- | Politiker Abgeordneter Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 It is never a good sign when Viktor Orbán celebrates the election results of another country. Last Wednesday was one of those days. For the first time in the history of Dutch politics, a far-right party became by far the biggest party in the Dutch parliament. It is bad news in many respects, and even more, because the Dutch constitutional system knows a lack of formal rule of law safeguards. In contrast to countries such as Italy or Germany, the Dutch constitutional system is not prepared for a democratic move to the anti-liberal far right.