In the country once famous for its multiculturalism and its civil rights, today the wind seems to have changed. A new extreme right has appeared and risks changing the political landscape at the next European elections. Thierry Baudet, the leader of the Forum for Democracy, is educated, dandy, histrionic, quotes philosophers and speaks to young people and citizens. In the Dutch populist competition, it seems that Geert Wilders’ star has found a worthy competitor.

And with immigration at the heart of the political arena – and in a particularly fragmented system like the one in the Netherlands – it seems almost natural that “migrantenpartijen” should be born and become established.