“Anyone who knows who will win this election is lying,” said political scientist Julia Wouters. “Anything and everything can still happen.”
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00:00 Polls are open in the Dutch election.
00:02 And even though people are still voting for their 150 members
00:06 of parliament, one thing's for sure.
00:09 They will have a new prime minister
00:11 for the first time in 13 years.
00:13 Former Prime Minister Mark Root is on the way out.
00:17 Polls show four parties are neck and neck going
00:19 into today's election, including Gert Wilders' far right party
00:23 for freedom.
00:24 Wilders' party for freedom is slightly ahead
00:27 of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy.
00:30 If Wilders' party succeeds, it could mean a woman.
00:33 The current justice and security minister
00:35 takes the top office for the first time.
00:38 She's the first liberal politician
00:40 to admit that she could form a coalition with the far right.
00:44 There's also a heavyweight candidate
00:46 on the left side of the political scene.
00:48 That's Frans Timmermans, the former EU climate commissioner.
00:51 He gave up his international career to return to politics.
00:55 The election results are expected later tonight.
00:58 (cymbal crash)