Word: wouter
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...campaigning, many centrist politicians have adopted his controversial positions on issues like immigration, crime and education. Freedom and Democracy Party leader Gerrit Zalm has embraced the notion that the country can no longer take in immigrants: "The Netherlands is full," he now says in his speeches. Social Democrat leader Wouter Bos is doing a more effective Fortuyn impersonation - "Only Dutch to be taught in our schools" - and is leading in the polls. Ironically, Fortuyn's own party, the List Pim Fortuyn, is faring badly. But as his once-radical ideas turn into the conventional political wisdom, Fortuyn is emerging...