Yet this week’s election shows that there are limits to the appeal of illiberal populism. Despite the fierce Dutch attachment to a way of life that now feels threatened by imported criminality and political Islam, most voters do not accept the need for extreme measures to deal with these threats. In recent years, the Dutch have become much more aware of their shameful record of collaboration during the wartime Nazi occupation, in particular towards the Jews. History has returned to haunt a country that prides itself on preserving an open society. Hence Ukrainian refugees have been welcomed in Holland. And...						
						 
								