Rob Jetten: anti-Wilders, ‘yes we can’ candidate poised to be next Dutch PM

<p>As liberal-progressive D66 party makes huge gains in election, former junior athlete with ‘positive story’ and ‘vision’ leads race for power</p><p></p><p>Rob Jetten, a former junior athlete, was pictured last month in<a href="https://www.avvn.net/club/clubblad"> a sports magazine</a> running merrily past the Dutch prime ministerial office in The Hague. The 38-year-old could be forgiven on Thursday for wondering when he will get the keys.</p><p>Such is the nature of Dutch politics that confirmation will not come for weeks or even months. But after a general election in which Jetten’s liberal-progressive D66 party made huge gains, he appears almost certain to be the Netherlands’ next prime minister.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/30/rob-jetten-anti-wilders-yes-we-can-candidate-next-dutch-pm">Continue reading...</a>