Geert Wilders' Party for Freedom (PVV) won 37 seats in the 150-seat lower house on Thursday.
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00:00 Fresh from his triumph in the Netherlands' general election, far-right leader Gerrit
00:06 Wilders has begun talks with other parties on forming a coalition.
00:11 He's in pole position to emerge as prime minister after his party for freedom won most seats.
00:16 But his hopes have been hit by the main centre-right bloc's leaders' announcement that it won't
00:21 join a government led by Wilders.
00:23 "My feeling after the election is that with so many seats, 37 seats, the responsibility
00:30 is great.
00:31 And if you see that another party has lost something but doesn't want to take responsibility
00:36 for it, which is allowed, then I find that very disappointing."
00:40 The victory of the anti-Islam, anti-immigration party has been greeted with dismay by the left
00:48 and groups representing asylum seekers.
00:51 In Utrecht, more than a thousand people took part in a demonstration of support for migrants
00:56 ahead of the beginning of the coalition talks.
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