text: Not sure what this comment or the article has to do with the Dutch election, where the top three winning parties are center-right, Christian-right and populist-right. The GroenLinks party is tied for fifth/sixth, and the previously most powerful left-wing party, the PvdA (Labour) went from 38 seats to 9. Wilders' PVV actually won seats (though still below their 2010 peak.) There has not been any "centre-left" shift; on the contrary, the general take is that PM Rutte benefitted significantly from his hardline stance against the would-be Turkish dictator Erdogan.
  
  The author of the article seems to know nothing about Dutch politics, language or culture. The winning VVD is not "Liberal," but "conservative-liberal," with the liberal pertaining to the economic liberalism of Adam Smith. They are considered the party of the well-to-do, similar to the Freie Demokratische Partei in Germany.
  
  This is really a very ignorant piece, serving only to highlight the author's political leanings.