>>520191467
It's not that bad of an outcome. The pro-immigration forces had already gotten a really bad reputation for antidemocratic behaviors--assassinating the first anti-immigration politician more than 20 years ago and continuously refusing to even negotiate with Wilders et al--and then they allowed Wilders to participate in govt for once, even if they then broke their promise.

One of the parties formed to prevent Wilders from winning dissolved entirely. Insisting it was actually their own personal disdain for Wilders, they refused to allow him any position but allowed a lot of people in his party into the cabinet.

Furthermore, while Wilders lost seats and is now tied, the rest of the right-wing parties developed substantially. FvD and JA21 are now pretty substantial, with both now having more seats than the Socialist Party. If JA21 and FvD were to take more of a strategy focused on appealing to VVD voters, and less of a strategy focused on taking voters from PVV, we might actually see a substantial shift in Dutch politics. Perhaps the worst aspect of this outcome is that BBB (Wilders ally completely, but branded as a more centrist party itself) lost seats.

Overall, Dutch were able to prevent worse losses, and that's a good thing.