The electoral victory of the extreme right was officially confirmed today Friday in the Netherlands, when the leader by Geert Wilders he finds it difficult to form a governing coalition with other parties that are opposed to his Islamophobic positions.

The Dutch electoral commission has confirmed that Wilders’ Freedom Party (PVV) collected 37 seats out of a total of 150 of the lower house, a rise of the extreme right that caused shock both at home and abroad.

Now everyone is waiting to see if Wilders will manage to form a coalition government and become the first far-right head of government in Dutch history.

After the election, the far-right politician said he was in favor of forming a government with the newly founded anti-corruption party New Social Contract (NSC, 20 seats), the Peasants-Citizens Movement (BBB, seven seats) and the centre-right VVD party of the outgoing of Prime Minister Mark Rutte (24 seats).

It needs 76 seats to form a stable coalition, which he can do with the cooperation of these three parties, according to the official results of the electoral commission.

The PVV can rely on the BBB, which was created out of farmers’ protests against government plans to reduce nitrogen emissions and which won regional elections in March to become the strongest party in the Senate.

But in order to have a majority government, Wilders needs the VVD and the NSC, which was formed in the summer by popular MP Peter Omzigt. Currently these two parties have refused to participate in negotiations.

New VVD leader Dylan Gesilgioz has said her party will not join a coalition under Wilders. However, she said she was ready to “support” a centre-right coalition, referring to the possibility of supporting Wilders to adopt bills with which the VVD agrees.

After rejecting the possibility of a coalition with Wilders during the election campaign, Omzigt appeared more open after the election. But this week he estimated that some of the PVV’s pre-election commitments are against the Dutch Constitution.

Wilders, furious, accused the NSC of playing “petty political games” and called on it to open formal negotiations to form a coalition government. “If you have any questions, Peter, come and discuss them. Sthen I will try to answer you politely”, wrote to X.