VOLENDAM, Netherlands (Reuters) -Dutch far-right politician Geert Wilders urged other party leaders on Saturday to reconsider their refusal to work with him after an election on October 29 that will determine the Netherlands’ next coalition government.

Wilders, who campaigns on a promise to stop all asylum migration to the Netherlands, won the last election in 2023 and leads in opinion polls before next week’s election.

But his chances of getting into government, or becoming prime minister, look small, as leaders of all other main parties have ruled out joining a government coalition with him.

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“The voter is in charge, not the other parties,” Wilders told Reuters after a campaign event in Volendam, a traditional Wilders stronghold just north of Amsterdam.

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