WITH Geert Wildersleader far-right, Islamophobic and Eurosceptic Freedom Party (PVV)Although he was nicknamed the “Dutch Trumpist,” in reality his political career began long before that of the former president of the United States. donald trump. This nickname gives him both ideological similarities with republican politician and with it provocative character, anti-establishment And explosiveAs for this weirdness? platinum blonde hair It remotely reminds me of Trump’s orange wig.
for him 60 years This Wednesday, he achieved the success he had sought for almost two decades: turning the PVV, a one-man party, into the most voting force in the Dutch parliamentary elections. Will have 35 out of 150 total seats He will be a member of the Hague Assembly and will be the first choice to form the next government if he manages to support a quorum with allies from across his country’s diverse right-wing and liberal spectrum.
If he succeeds, he will replace the liberal in his position. Mark RutteHis major political rival, with whom he was a tactical ally between 2010 and 2012. This was his only experience of government ever. Both (the prime minister and his partner) were rebuked by this and even embroiled on a personal level.
Close mosques
Rutte Since then, he has vetoed it as an ally in successive governments he has led. With the impending retirement of the prime minister, who left office last summer following the collapse of his last coalition, it comes down to this: Wild opportunity for revenge.
Born in Venlo in 1963 and the son of a Dutch man and a woman of Indonesian descent, the political flag of this angry far-right is the fight against. Islam, immigration, asylum, European Union (EU) or the fight against climate change. His party’s program maintains the goal of closing mosques and banning the Quran, but has softened its tone in this campaign, acknowledging that this is not a priority for its citizens.
With this relative moderation he managed to double the results achieved in these elections two years ago. He now proposes to lead a government focused on avoiding “Tsunami of refugees” In his opinion, this threatens the social peace of the Netherlands.
His political career began with: Member of Rutte’s liberal party, VVDbut in 2006 he left their ranks to found his own PVV. His histrionic figure was later regarded as a political caricature incapable of development. However, over the years he has consolidated his party as the leading force in the opposition and an inevitable actor in Dutch politics.
Passed judicial processes with hate speech It has gained the hostility of immigration through aggressive campaigns and proposals, such as those aimed at imposing a tax on Muslim women who wear the Islamic headscarf. He is the most was threatened The open society model of the Netherlands is shaken by the murders of two well-known enemies of Islam: far-right leaders Pim Fortuynin 2002 and filmmaker Theodore van Gogh, two years later. This forces him to be permanently detained and restrict his public actions. social networks They have become his political appendage and he even boasts of accounting for his two cats.