D66 Narrow Victory; Jetten Set to Be Youngest PM

Centrist D66 declared a narrow victory in the Dutch general election after tripling its seats, with 38‑year‑old leader Rob Jetten poised to become the country's youngest and first openly gay prime minister after edging the far‑right PVV by roughly 15,000 projected votes. Projections put D66 at about 18% of the vote, but final results including overseas ballots are due Monday. PVV support fell sharply from its 2023 showing, and PVV leader Geert Wilders criticized premature victory declarations and urged patience. D66 will lead initial coalition talks but still needs at least three partners to reach a majority in the 150‑seat parliament, a process expected to take months. Separately, France’s Rassemblement National scored a symbolic win when the Assemblée nationale narrowly passed an RN‑sponsored resolution 185–184 condemning the 1968 France‑Algeria treaty, underscoring pressure to revise immigration pathways and heightened Franco‑Algerian tensions.