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Wilders on verge of forming EU's latest hard-right government

www.euronews.com /2024/05/15/wilders-on-verge-of-forming-eus-latest-hard-right-government

Far-right anti-Islam firebrand Geert Wilders is close to forming a four-way coalition, six months after coming in first in the Netherlands national elections.

Anti-Islam firebrand Geert Wilders is on the verge of brokering a four-party coalition in the Netherlands six months after coming in first in national elections, opening the prospect that yet another European Union nation will veer toward the hard right weeks ahead of EU-wide elections.

Wilders has said he does not expect to become prime minister himself, because he remains too extreme for his coalition partners, but his Party for Freedom would be the driving force in a four-party coalition.

With hard right and populist parties now part of or leading a half dozen governments in the 27-nation bloc, they appear positioned to make gains in the EU polls, 6-9 June.

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nothing will really change. They had to argue for months just to form a “coalition” imagine when they actually have to agree on somthing…. Nothing will change
- I'm worried we might see mandatory minimum scenteces (pvv vvd and nsc are law & order types)
  I'm not convinced they will do any meaningful thing on immigration. (Farmers and companies need cheap labor.. so vvd and BBB)
  And the policy of cracking down on farmers overusing our countries natural resources will be stiffled by BBB.
  
  Well i just read there “goals” and if this cabinet still exists in 6 month it will be a miracle. From what i have read most of the things they want will never get through the rest of the chamber. And that would be good btw. Yes the farmers and climate will be a disaster but then again all they do is yell they dont want that but a sollution never comes up with these dingdongs. So long debates, zero solutions, blablabla, collaps, new elections (probably). If you want to read there proposals heres a link (dutch but hey google translate)
  https://www.nu.nl/formatie-2023/6313057/dit-zijn-de-plannen-van-pvv-vvd-nsc-en-bbb-voor-de-komende-jaren.html
- Isn’t that the goal?
  
  Hope so because some of his ideas are… well shit.
- I honestly don’t expect them to last more than 3 months.
  
  I give it 6 with 2 months of arguing
Wow he's even got the orange makeup going
- Hair by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Far-right anti-Islam firebrand Geert Wilders is close to forming a four-way coalition, six months after coming in first in the Netherlands national elections.
With hard right and populist parties now part of or leading a half dozen governments in the 27-nation bloc, they appear positioned to make gains in the EU polls, 6-9 June.
I cannot see it going wrong,” Wilders told Dutch broadcaster early on Wednesday after the four parties reached a deal on government financing, the last major stumbling bloc in the talks.
Outgoing prime minister Mark Rutte's centre-right People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy and the populist Farmer Citizen Movement are also in the coalition talks.
After two decades in the opposition, Wilders seemed to have a shot at leading a nation that long prided itself on its tolerant society, but he has stepped aside in the interests of pushing through most of his agenda.
From Finland to Croatia, hard-line right parties are part of European governing coalitions, and hard right prime ministers are leading Hungary, Slovakia and Italy.
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I don't know, I don't have that much confidence about them forming a proper coalition.
They've been saying stuff like this for half a year, and it's been like the muppetshow. No offence for muppets btw.

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