Disappointed about Wilders’ cancellation, continued smiles and rehearsed jokes: this was the first TV debate

The headline is off: the first TV debate on RTL did not immediately produce fireworks. But anyone who paid close attention would see that CDA, GroenLinks-PvdA and D66 agree on quite a few things. Although the VVD mainly wants to keep the left out of the next cabinet. And PVV leader Geert Wilders may have been missing, but he was not completely gone either. Four observations from our political editors.

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