Wilders Won’t Become Dutch PM After Failing To Convince Coalition Partners
Talks to determine who will take the reins could drag on for months.
Talks to determine who will take the reins could drag on for months.
Almost 3 months after the populist won election, the country is still in political deadlock. A freshly appointed intermediary has his work cut out for him.
Geert Wilders’ ambitions for a rightist majority cabinet face serious setback.
Socialist PM Pedro Sánchez’s first bills are set to be defeated—by his allies.
To advance the formation of a new government, Geert Wilders’ PVV party is scrapping proposed legislation calling for a ban on “expressions of Islam,” justified under the notion that Islam, more than just a religion, is a “hostile political ideology bent on conquest.”
Migration, LGBT rights, abortion, “European values”—the new Polish prime minister is ticking all the boxes.
The coalition formation talks are expected to be longer and more arduous than what is common even in Dutch politics.
Conservative PiS hasn’t given up hope of forming a government, despite election setbacks.
The new three-party government may be in place ahead of crucial EU talks on Ukraine.
Kingmaker parties could determine whether Slovakia follows a sovereigntist or globalist path.