The Dutch parliament has adopted a motion from opposition leader Geert Wilders calling on the government to designate Antifa as a terrorist organization, following President Donald Trump’s decision to do the same in the United States. In the motion adopted on Thursday, Wilders stated that Antifa cells are active in the Netherlands, accusing them of […]
I’d like it to be true that his followers have lost faith in him, but it doesn’t seem like it to me. Of recent polls, only Maurice de Hond puts the PVV at a significant loss.
Wilders has been trying to frame all issues with his cabinet as having been the result of unwillingness by the other coalition parties in following through with his (clearly illegal and unconstitutional) demands, especially NSC. It remains to be seen if he was successful - there’s still quite some time to go till late October - but at the moment it seems like he has. If you go to public forums with lots of PVVers, you hear them repeat this talking point quite fervently.
I’m also not confident that the new VVD-supported cordon sanitaire will actually hold after the elections, though at least the VVD is looking to lose quite a bit of their seats. This motion was supported by the so-called ‘liberal’ VVD themselves, anyway.
I’d like it to be true that his followers have lost faith in him, but it doesn’t seem like it to me. Of recent polls, only Maurice de Hond puts the PVV at a significant loss.
Wilders has been trying to frame all issues with his cabinet as having been the result of unwillingness by the other coalition parties in following through with his (clearly illegal and unconstitutional) demands, especially NSC. It remains to be seen if he was successful - there’s still quite some time to go till late October - but at the moment it seems like he has. If you go to public forums with lots of PVVers, you hear them repeat this talking point quite fervently.
I’m also not confident that the new VVD-supported cordon sanitaire will actually hold after the elections, though at least the VVD is looking to lose quite a bit of their seats. This motion was supported by the so-called ‘liberal’ VVD themselves, anyway.