text: Wilders came in second place with five more seats than the last election. The biggest loser was the Labour Party (Canadian equivalent to the left of the NDP). The results speak for themselves but Saunders is simply twisting the results to support a narrative aligned with his personal bias. Wilders was never going to win and even if he did win the most seats, every party has refused to cooperate with him, meaning he had no chance of forming government. Turkey's recent experience with an Islamist government highlights the regressive nature of political Islam - it is fundamentally incompatible with modern secular liberalism. Until European leaders reconcile the cultural regression within their societies, the political discussion will only polarize further. Europe needs to have an honest debate about immigration, integration, and cultural segregation because the issues facing Europe aren't a secret and pretending they don't exist will only make the situation worse.