Dutch hold third election in five years

The Dutch are voting in their third election in five years today. The anti-Islam Geert Wilders is expected to come in first place but not to govern. Wilders refused to compromise his anti-migration stance in June, triggering the end of the previous coalition. As a result, the other major parties have ruled out working with him. With four different parties all polling close to Wilders’s, it is hard to know who the next leader of the Netherlands will be. Last time it took nearly six months to negotiate a coalition. This is another symptom of Europe’s leadership void.