Centrism seems to have triumphed in the Netherlands after a nail-biter election between the political middle and the right-wing.

Rob Jetten, leader of the centrist Democrats 66 party, declared victory on Friday after the pro- European Union faction tripled its seats and took a surprising bite out of the right-wing Party for Freedom (PVV).

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“We are the biggest party in the Netherlands! Now we’ll get to work for all Dutch people,” Jetten declared on social media Friday.

Rob Jetten, leader of the Democrats 66, celebrates one

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