Political orthodoxy tells us that younger voters tend to be more progressive on issues like immigration. But in recent years, Europe has seen anti-migrant parties surge in the polls and gain youth support across the continent. In Norway, for example, survey data shows that 24 percent of young people favour limiting immigration "to a large extent" and 23 percent "to some extent."
While the last few thousand votes are still being counted, Dutch media reported on Friday that Geert Wilders' anti-immigration, anti-Islam Party for Freedom (PVV) could no longer win. D66 is now expected to take the lead in a first round of talks to form a coalition government, a process that usually takes months. Both parties had been predicted to win 26 seats in Wednesday's snap election, which revolved around not only the housing crisis, immigration and healthcare, but also competent leadership.