Join the (New) Party: Popular MP Shakes Up Dutch Election
Omtzigt’s new party is poised to compete with center-right and populist parties such as the nationalist PVV and populist farmer’s party BBB.
Omtzigt’s new party is poised to compete with center-right and populist parties such as the nationalist PVV and populist farmer’s party BBB.
Europe Elects Netherlands correspondent Nassreddin Taibi says there is a possibility of a “full right-leaning government coalition too, which would contain VVD, BBB, JA21, PVV, and SGP.”
Known as ‘Teflon Mark’ for having led four consecutive governments, PM Rutte expressed no interest in trading national politics for an important role at an international institution.
Outgoing PM Mark Rutte, whose famed staying power in Dutch politics had earned him the nickname ‘Teflon Mark’, is facing a strong challenge from both the BBB and the PVV, as his own party is reportedly already contemplating his successor.
Cognisant of the fact that Europe has once again become a high-priority target for the Islamist terror group, Federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser (SPD) said German authorities had succeeded in striking “a significant blow against Islamist terrorism,” yet warned that the threat remains “acute.”
Rutte’s four-party coalition government had been teetering on the brink over its failure to agree on measures to curb the influx of asylum seekers. This Friday, negotiations finally broke down.
“The poll illustrates one thing clearly: the facade is crumbling and the majority of people in the Netherlands are no longer fooled by the mainstream media which continues to serve as an extension of our government. It is time for the Rutte government to step down,” said Dutch MP Simone Kerseboom (FvD).
Attje Kuiken, the leader of the Dutch Labour Party, said that farmers should accept that food production must be radically scaled back to save the environment.
Police seized large amounts of cash and a bank balance of approximately €750,000 during the search of a residence and a business related to the suspects.
Van Houwelingen called on other conservative, populist, anti-globalist parties across Europe to follow the example of FvD and work to block the treaty change.
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