Posted on 12/06/2023 6:25:13 PM PST by nickcarraway
UPDATE: at 10:57 pm
Geert Wilders suffered a major setback in his hope of forming a governing coalition when a potential key partner ruled itself out this Wednesday, November 29.
The former Christian Democrat MP, Pieter Omtzigt, won 20 seats in last week’s election with new party Nieuw Sociaal Contract. His support was considered to be crucial in helping the new PVV leader to form a coalition government.
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Omtzigt however reportedly informed Plasterk today that he was not ready to discuss forming either a majority or a minority cabinet, according to dutchnews.nl.
‘All in all, the NSC faction does not now see any basis to start talks with the PVV about a majority or a minority government’, he said in a letter to the ‘scout’.
He added that he believed the PVV manifesto: ‘contains views which in our judgement go against the constitution… here we draw a hard line’, reported france24.com.
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Monday, November 27 at 7:09 pm
AFTER being appointed as a ‘scout’ last week to identify potential coalitions with Geert Wilders’ Party for Freedom, Gom van Strien resigned this Monday, November 27.
He had been scheduled to meet with Wilders and other party leaders today but his resignation led to the cancellation of their meetings, reported nu.nl.
The politician was the subject of fraud allegations involving Utrecht Holding, a subsidiary of the University of Utrecht and the UMC Utrecht according to NRC.
They reported last Saturday 25 that a complaint was filed in March 2023 against Van Strien, his successor, and a third employee, suggesting bribery and ‘irregularities’. NRC claimed to have seen documents from Utrecht Holding that showed Van Strien was the former employee involved.
He was general manager of the company between 2000 and 2009, with the fraud said to have been committed between 2006 and 2018, nu.nl. reported.
Despite denying the accusations, Van Strien issued a statement this morning in which the PVV senator explained that his task of making an inventory of possible coalitions was being hampered by: ‘both the unrest that has arisen about this and the preparation of a response to it’.
Vera Bergkamp, president of the lower house of the Dutch parliament, said in a statement: ”It is annoying to start the exploration phase like this’. She added that: ‘It is now important that a new scout is quickly appointed who can start work immediately’.
Citing the ANP news agency, it was reported by dutchnews.nl this evening that Ronald Plasterk, the former Labour party minister was being lined up to replace Van Strien.
Geert will not be allowed to take over bank it.
Dutch have a Deep State, too.
The dates are last week. Still more chances for things to change.
Pieter Omtzigt is some sort of Deep State Front IMHO.
His NSC sucked votes away from the BBB Farmers Party which could have gotten 20 or more seats only got seven in the end.
But we shall yet see what comes down.
Omtzigt - is he the Dutch version of Bernie?
Here, Omtzigt, you can have these two mansions on the French Riviera, or you can work with Geert and live in a cardboard box.
What to do, what to do?
As I predicted. NO WAY will they allow him to save Holland from an Islamofascist abyss. It’s just not “civilized.” Please don’t make a fuss and walk slowly into the disintegration chambers, White Europeans.
It’s the attack on Trump All Over Again, Dutch style.
Was some one paid off? Threatened? Both? 🤔
The Dutch dhimmie party more like it
I noted the likelihood of this result in the threads on the posts when the news of the “victory” of Wilders’ party (25% of the legislature seats) was first announced, so this news is not surprising to me at all.
With only 25% of the legisture seats and the very fractured and splintered political parties of the Netherlands, reflected in a very fractured and splintered national legislature, I think it would be a miracle for Wilders’ party to form a majority coalition.
Who will form the coalition?
Wud his party outright have to win 51%?
For Wilders to form a government he must have or get a majority of the legislature’s seats to agree, either by his party alone having a majority or by his party getting a majority coalition with some group of other parties.
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