"the center-right Liberal Party"
I know that this is probably a result of political drift over the years, that the Liberal party was, at one point, the liberal party. However, this seems kind of absurd. The one thing I like about our US parites is their names, "Democrats" and "Republicans." The are perfectly vague terms, so the parties can shift all they want and it never looks weird.

But with Wilders' and Le Pen's gains, not to mention the 59 percent of Swiss voters who supported the minaret ban compared to the 37 percent who said they would, this does seem to be a factor in the recent rise of the European far-right.

Can someone from France, Sweden, Holland explain the general feelings now towards muslims? Why is tolerant Holland getting fed up with its Muslim population?

typo not sweden obviously!

It is not possible to have a state with public education, public healthcare, and libertarian social policies, but to also have open immigration. The reality is that immigration is the enemy of public education and health care, and that the crime that comes with poor immigrants will force states to become police states. There is such thing as cultural superiority.

Tolerance of intolerance will lead to the destruction of western civilization. Japan has the right attitude toward immigrants, use them as little as possible, deport them as soon as possible, and replace them with robots in all possible situations. Japan and other immigrant-restrictive countries will be the sole preservationists of western civilization as weak, guilt-ridden Europe goes bankrupt and falls under Sharia law caring for the worlds uneducated, extremist and intolerant.

In the Netherlands there are regions outside the big cities that do not have a lot of immigrants.
The people in these regions only hear negative sounds from the cities where immigrants live and from all over Europe, such as France and Sweden for example.
If you look at the votes per district, shockingly in these parts of the Netherlands the majority voted on PVV, Geert Wilders Party, as an self defense mechanism or counter attack on what they believe is to take over the Netherlands gradually; an tolerance to muslim culture that is so progressive it will change the Netherlands. Face it, muslims are portrayed as people who tend to be no-conformists because of their strong believe in the Islam. I must state though that every party in the Netherlands most likely does not want to invite the PVV for an coalition as told otherwise in this article. Wilders ideas about immigration and anti muslim stance is not representative for the view of the rest of the dutch parties. Actually the significance between the PVV and the rest of the dutch parties are so small that this is the reason why it will be unlikely that the PVV will join the coalition and still will remain as an opposing party. Non the less is it disturbing that there is this much uproar for this intolerance against muslims. But the parties that are involved in forming an coalition will not dare to take on the PVV as in Brussels already is being whispered that the EU will not take Geert Wilders or any one from his party seriously and that it will be an huge downfall on the Netherlands character in the EU. A lot of people who voted on the PVV do not seem to think of the reputation of Netherlands outside of the Netherlands and do not know what they are in for if Geert Wilders will be an spokesperson for the Netherlands. It is an shame and outrage for the Netherlands that so many short sighted people have voted for this man, but even more so an bigger problem for the Netherlands that is becoming more and more divided. This could also be an reason why the PVV found so many votes; the CDA, what used to be the biggest party for ages, tried to run the elections with Balkenende for an third time in a row. Balkenende was the Prime Minister for 8 years and led four cabinets which al four never served a full 4 year term. So he got elected 2 times for Prime Minister but lost a lot of his trust from his followers. They are fed up and want a electoral shift and it seems that a lot of CDA followers believe that Wilders can make a shift. The only thing is that CDA itself never wants to govern with the PVV in one coalition. So Wilders draws a lot attention but he is surely not representative for the general feeling of the Dutch people towards muslims. I would call it the "Change" syndrome.
In a way fitting to our fast pasted consuming society in which nothing lasts for ever and people strive for something better and by doing so they forget to appreciate the things that made the Netherlands so unique.

Dutch pollsters now have a new term for the Bradley-effect. They've rebranded it to the "curtainvote".

Behind the curtains of electoral booths, voters apparently make different decisions than they would admit to phone-pollers...

Chrs from the low countries!

When nearly all of Europe and Russia were competing to see who could exterminate the most Jews, the Dutch sheltered and welcomed their Jewish citizens and refugees, always risking their own lives. The Dutch are a most gracious and humane people. And again, they rolled out the welcome mat to Muslims. That the country is now turning on the Muslim population indicates something far more alarming about Islam than it does about the Dutch.