With three weeks to go before the general election, a new poll of polls puts the PVV and VVD almost level pegging. Here’s a round up of the latest election campaign news.

Level pegging

A new poll of polls puts Geert Wilders’ PVV on between 24 and 28 seats in the March 15 general election, after several individual polls marked down his support significantly.

The difference between the PVV and ruling VVD (23-27) is no longer significant, according to pollster Tom Louwerse, who points out that VVD backing has been virtually unchanged for weeks. All the polls were taken before Wilders pulled out of a second televised debate, so the effect of that has not yet been measured.

The poll also shows that Denk, founded by two dissident PvdA MPs, is the only new party which is likely to win a seat in parliament.