Talks to form far-right Dutch government collapse

Potential coalition partners with Geert Wilders' Party for Freedom are wary of his more extreme anti-Islam plans.

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00:00 Talks to form a far-right-led government in the Netherlands have come to a premature end for now,

00:05 leaving the country in limbo as attempts to build a political coalition around anti-Islam lawmaker Gerd Wilders stall.

00:13 Centrist party NSC ended talks last night over what it called "worrisome government finances".

00:20 Wilders' Party for Freedom, or PVV, swept to victory in the country's November

00:26 parliamentary election on campaign pledges that included slashing immigration.

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00:34 (dramatic music)