The far -right Dutch leader Geert Wilders withdrew his party from the government on Tuesday in a row about immigration, overthrowing the trembling coalition, and probably announcing election elections.
Wilders was frustrated by what he saw as a slow pace of introduction of “the strictest immigration policy”, he agreed with the coalition partners after his victory in shock in November 2023.
“No signature for our asylum plans … PVV leaves the coalition,” Wilders said on X, formerly Twitter with reference to his far right side of freedom.
The withdrawal opens the period of political uncertainty in the fifth largest economy of the European Union and the main exporter, as the far -right parties are profitable on the continent.
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The latest government crisis also comes only a few weeks before the Netherlands has a host world leader at the NATO summit.
Interviews for the crisis of the last ditch on Tuesday morning lasted hardly half an hour for the leaders of four coalition parties to go in the test mood.
“I just informed the Prime Minister that I would withdraw the Ministry of PVV from the cabinet and that we could no longer be responsible for it,” Wilders said.
“I registered for the strictest asylum policy, not to the fall of the Netherlands, and that our responsibility for this cabinet is therefore ending at the moment,” he added.
Eighteen months after his surprising electoral victory, shock waves sent through Europe, public opinion surveys suggest that its PVV is still the strongest party.
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The gap of his closest rivals, however, narrowed and left -wing green/left side of former European Commission Frans Timmermans in a row.
The Liberal Party of the VVD, a traditional powerhouse in Dutch politics, also runs near the first two, which means that any elections would probably be closely fought.
VVD leader Dilan Yesilgoz, visibly angry, described Wilders’ movement as “super irresponsible” and added that he was afraid it would open the door to left -wing parties.
“How can you do this to the Netherlands?” She said.
AFP would probably take place any elections after the summer break, Sarah de Lange, a professor of political pluralism at Amsterdam University, said.
“The new elections are likely, but in the Netherlands, the organization takes almost three months. Snap elections in the Netherlands are not as fast as in other countries,” she said.
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– “Patience has ran out” –
At the end of May, Wilders called an improvised press conference to announce that his “patience has now ran” with the government of Prime Minister Dick Schoof.
He threatened that the torpedo coalition unless a new 10 -point immigration plan was made within a few weeks.
His plan included the closure of borders in asylum seekers, harder border control and deportation of dual nationals convicted of a crime.
Political and legal experts criticized plans as non -functional or illegal, some suggesting that Wilders would create a crisis to collapse through the government.
The extreme right-wing leader was often called the “Dutch Trump” for his views against the immigrants-and immediately recognizable by the Bouphant’s hairstyle.
His ambitions to lead his country were frustrated after his election victory, because his coalition partners blocked their offer of the premiere and instead settled on Schoof as a compromise candidate.
The leaders of four coalition partners agreed that they would not take the position of the cabinet, instead of running their parties as parliamentary chiefs.
Wilders was an uncompromising character in parliament, his rapid load with Timmermans is the highlight of debates.
He often said that the only way to implement his policies against immigrants is to become prime minister.
In the broken Dutch political system, however, no party can win the absolute majority in the 150-seater parliament and Wilders will not need partners.
It can count on the support of Farmers’ Party BBB. VVD support – currently restless coalition partner – is less certain.
The fourth party in the current coalition-protikororing new social contract-made the collapse of support because the charismatic leader Pieter Ortzigt resigned.
The far -right parties are growing throughout Europe. In May, the far right side of Chega (“enough”) took second place in the Portuguese elections.
In Germany, anti-immigration extremely right-wing AfD doubled its score in legislative elections and reached 20.8 percent.
And in Britain, public opinion surveys show that anti-immigration, hard-to-real reform of the British party Nigel Farage is gaining significant profits after the breakthrough in the local elections.
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