荷蘭首相魯特擊敗民族主義挑戰者

Early results from the Netherlands election say Prime Minister Mark Rutte's party has won the most seats in parliament, defeating that of anti-immigrant, anti-Islam nationalist Geert Wilders by a larger margin than expected.

Rutte's center-right People's Party for Freedom and Democracy is expected to take 31 of 150 seats, far ahead of any other party. Three parties are expected to win 19 seats each, including Wilders' anti-immigration Freedom Party.

Officials say voter turnout was the highest in three decades, at 81 percent.

Rutte called the results "a celebration of democracy." He said the Netherlands has said no to the "wrong kind of populists."

Various European leaders are voicing their approval of the outcome. German Chancellor Angela Merkel congratulated Rutte by phone, while French President Francois Hollande released a statement praising "the values of openness, respect for others, and a faith in Europe's future" as the only true responses to nationalism and isolationism. Luxembourg's Prime Minister Xavier Bettel took to social media to tweet his support.

Wilders' run was seen as the latest test of a wave of populism to sweep across Europe, extending as far as the United States across the Atlantic. After Britain sent shock waves across Europe by voting to leave the EU, Wilders' climb to prominence was seen as further warning that cooperation among European nations could be threatened.荷蘭選舉的初步計票結果表明，首相馬克·魯特的政黨贏得了議會中最多的席位，以超過預期的多數票擊敗了反移民，反伊斯蘭的民粹主義者吉爾特·威爾德斯。

魯特領導的自由民主人民黨預計將贏得議會150個席位中的31席，超過任何其他黨。預計包括威爾德斯的自由黨在內的三個政黨將贏得19個席位。

有關官員說，這次選舉的選民投票率是三十年來最高的，達到81％。

魯特稱選舉結果對“民主的慶祝”。他說，荷蘭人民對“錯誤的民粹主義者”說不。

歐洲各國領導人紛紛對選舉結果表示支持。德國總理默克爾通過電話祝賀魯特，法國總統奧朗德則發表聲明稱讚“開放、尊重他人的價值觀和對歐洲未來的信念”是對民族主義和孤立主義唯一的真正迴應。盧森堡總理澤維爾貝特爾則在社交媒體上發聲，支持荷蘭選舉結果。

威爾德斯的競選被看作是一波橫掃歐洲，甚至橫跨大西洋延伸到美國的民粹主義的最新考驗。自英國通過全民投票決定離開歐盟而發出衝擊波之後，威爾德斯的支持率一路上升被視爲進一步警告，說明歐洲國家之間的合作可能受到威脅。