AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A senior aide to Dutch far-right politician Geert Wilders has quit the eurosceptic Freedom Party, becoming the latest prominent figure to resign over the leader's anti-Moroccan comments.
The departures could weaken the party ahead of European parliamentary elections on May 22, with opinion polls showing it currently in second place, behind D66, a centrist liberal party that has benefited from the governing coalition's unpopularity.
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