Dutch government collapses: Wilders right party leaves the coalition

Dutch government collapses: Wilders right party leaves the coalition

The right -wing extremist party for freedom (PVV) leaves the Dutch government on the basis of its asylum policy, explained its chairman Geert Wilders on Tuesday and thus plunges the government coalition into chaos.

Wilders' decision and their consequences

"I campaigned for the strictest asylum policy, not for the downfall of the Netherlands," said Wilders in front of journalists on Tuesday morning. "Our responsibility for this cabinet ends here." The political landscape of the country has shaken his decision to withdraw the support for the most legal government in the history of the Netherlands. The government under Prime Minister Dick Schoof has only 51 out of 150 seats in parliament.

call for new elections

opposition leader demand immediate new elections. Schoof, who in the past has been conflict with Wilders about political questions, has not yet commented. Surveys indicate that the PVV, if elections were held today, may lose seats, but would remain the largest party, closely followed by the centrically rights of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy.

political uncertainty in the Netherlands

But this does not guarantee that it can form a new government. Dutch politics consists of a large number of parties, none of which have ever been able to win a majority of votes. Surveys suggest that both centrally-rights and centrist-linking parties could benefit from new elections.

Wilder controversial past

The PVV was the clear winner of the November election 2023 . A coalition agreement wrote to the government, wrote to the government, but he would be Parliament remains. Wilders has a long history of anti-Islamic and anti-migrant rhetoric. So he was Discrimination sentenced after insulting Moroccan immigrants at an election event in 2014. His party "No Islamic schools and no mosque".