Word: maire
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...during the campaign. But now that message has to be carried forward by a group of political neophytes who are lined up against far more savvy coalition partners and political opponents. "Compare them to a normal political party and you do get a picture of headless chickens," says Peter Mair, professor of comparative politics at the University of Leiden. "But actually they've been remarkably coherent in pushing for their policies." In part that's because the Fortuynites were essentially preaching to the choir. Both coalition partners - the Christian Democratic cda of Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende and the liberal...