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The biggest party gets the first shot at trying to form a government. With the results so close, it could make it difficult to decide which party that is. Still, the chances of Mr. Wilders’s party returning to government are minute. Leaders of the other biggest parties, including Mr. Jetten, ruled out governing with Mr. Wilders before Wednesday’s election. On Wednesday night, Mr. Wilders wrote on social media that “we had hoped for a different result, but kept our backs straight.” But, he added, “we are more combative than ever and still the second and maybe even the biggest party of the Netherlands.” That combative tone returned on Thursday morning, when he wrote on social media that his party should be the first to try to form a government if it ended up being the biggest.
