Dutch government collapses after Geert Wilders’ far-right party quits

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Asylum dispute topples coalition in the Netherlands.

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Dutch government collapses after Geert Wilders’ far-right party quits

www.politico.eu /article/geert-wilders-dutch-government-collapse/

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Dutch government collapses after Geert Wilders’ far-right party quits

www.politico.eu /article/geert-wilders-dutch-government-collapse/

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This is exactly the kind of shit you can expect when forming a coalition with right-wing populists
- One could say it was actually for the better. Now the voter knows a vote for Wilders is a lost vote
  
  You mean the voters can know, expect many to say the coming months 'the established parties are too powerful, if we vote on him again he can become the biggest party and then he can realise his plans'. Not gonna happen, but I'd say it's too soon to be sure it actually was for the better.
  
  Some are already saying that he couldn't do things because he wasn't big enough and the other parties stopped him...
  
  You overestimate PVV voters
  
  Let's hope so. It didn't go so well in Germany in the 30's
  
  I dunno...
  There's the SP, an immigrant-skeptical left wing party.
  And yet it hasn't gotten all the votes that Wilders got - because a lot of people think the PVV is fighting for their labourers - when in practice it isn't at all.
  The PVV talked about restricting immigration, voted against because Wilders is half Indonesian and his wife Hungarian.
  The PVV talked about robbing the 'woke elite'. Wilders received millions which he didn't give to the 'silent majority', Henk and Ingrid. Wilders himself then can be called 'woke' by his own measure.
  The PVV talks about freedom but wants to make life harsher for everybody.
  If those people want to 'worship' someone as a leader, they gotta look at the SP, not the PVV. That party actually comes up for the labourer.
  And the SP is also for actual less bureaucracy - not more by making all sorts of exceptions to rules and exceptions.
  Thing is, you gotta tell that to PVV voters to sell it to 'em. Tell 'em the SP is against woke, and that the PVV became woke, by thinking it's a special snowflake.
- You mean they are kind of TACO, too?
Now let's just hope no one will ever again claim to be open to forming a coalition with these xenophobic populist moron clowns (yes I'm looking at you Yesilgöz)
- Rutte-I, anyone? This isn't the first time. Last time we had a properly left-dominated cabinet (and even then, it was with the back then centrist CDA) was in 1972-1977.
Quality of life improves for everyone after far right is ousted. - Fixed the title for you.
- ... after far right ousted itself.
Hopefully, those who did not vote the last time and then were shocked about the results will remember and do the one job they should do.
- Shh, you'll upset the white flower Americans.
  
  That's the point. If, and that is a big if, there is a fair midterm election, one can hope for enough Americans to wake up and vote.
The Dutch government, a coalition between Wilders’ far-right PVV, the populist Farmer-Citizens Movement (BBB), the centrist New Social Contract (NSC) and the liberal People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), had scheduled crisis talks Tuesday morning to discuss Wilders’ demands for stricter asylum measures.
FPTP countries: Wow
Voting is fun!
LETS FUCKING GOOOOO

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