Thierry Baudet’s success in the provincial elections stirred up plenty of ophef (as well as sparking a speech cobbled together from off-cuts of Oswald Spengler and rejected Nick Kershaw lyrics), but has it really changed the political landscape? We dissect the results and discuss the implications for Mark Rutte’s cabinet on this week’s podcast. Plus the latest on the Utrecht shooting, which is now being treated as a terrorist act, where the Netherlands ranks on the world happiness index, and a look ahead to Oranje’s Euro 2020 qualifying campaign.

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Discussion: Provincial election results

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Results show Forum top poll in three provinces

Media response to provincial election results

Has Thierry Baudet really reshaped the Dutch political landscape?

The new face of the Dutch Euroskeptic right (Deutsche Welle)