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From second left to right, Marianne Thieme, leader of the Party for the Animals (PvdD), Emile Roemer, leader of the Socialist Party (SP), Geert Wilders, leader of the Dutch Freedom Party (PVV), Mark Rutte, Dutch prime minister and leader of the Liberal Party (VVD), Jesse Klaver, leader of the Green Party (GL), and Lodewijk Asscher, leader the Labour party (PVDA), attend a meeting at the House of Representatives at the Dutch Parliament following the national elections in The Hague, Netherlands, on Thursday, March 16, 2017. Dutch voters turned out in force to back pro-European parties and help Prime Minister Mark Ruttes Liberals easily beat off an election challenge by the anti-Islam Freedom Party of Geert Wilders, drawing a line in the sand over the spread of populism. Photographer: Jasper Juinen/Bloomberg via Getty Images