EU polls give boost to Dutch right-winger

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BRUSSELS, June 5 (AFP): A Dutch far-right party was the big winner as Britain and the Netherlands became the first countries to vote in EU-wide parliament elections, with first results reinforcing fears of low turnout.
The elections began in the two countries Thursday.
Dutch far-right lawmaker Geert Wilders' Party for Freedom (PVV) won 16.9 per cent of the vote and four seats in its first European parliament elections, exit polls showed after 92.1 per cent of votes were counted.
The PVV was second only to the Christian Democrats (CDA) of Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende, which came in nearly five percentage points lower than in 2004 at 20 per cent, losing two of its current seven parliamentary seats.