Pieter Omtzigt: the Netherlands outsider whose politics is firmly in the centre
by Jon Henley Europe correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#6GGT8)
A much-admired MP who launched his own party in the summer is hoping for electoral success
Usually in European elections the insurgent candidates come from the outer reaches of the political spectrum: the far left or, more often of late, the far right. This one comes solidly from the centre. He could hardly be less fringe if he tried.
Days after Pieter Omtzigt, a Dutch Christian Democrat MP for 18 years, announced in August he was founding a new party to do politics differently", it was topping the polls. Two days from the vote, it is vying for the lead in the parliamentary election.
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