Netherlands sends shockwave throughout Europe as Geert Wilders’s far-right, anti-Islam party scores election victory

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The party of anti-Islam populist Geert Wilders won a huge general election victory in the Netherlands, according to a nearly complete vote count early Thursday that showed a stunning lurch to the far right for a nation once famed as a beacon of tolerance.

The result will send shockwaves through Europe, where far-right ideologies have appeared to be on the rise and puts Wilders in line to lead talks to form the next governing coalition and possibly become the first far-right prime minister of the…