The country’s six main party leaders confronted each other in Rotterdam on Monday night in a TV debate

Pieter Omtzigt: the Netherlands outsider whose politics is firmly in the centre

Usually in European elections the insurgent candidates come from the outer reaches of the political spectrum: the far left or, more often of late, the far right. This one comes solidly from the centre. He could hardly be less fringe if he tried.

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