Wilders, the only official member of the Party for Freedom (PVV), whose platform until now has been the immediate exit of the Netherlands from the European Union (EU) as one of the main proposals, no longer supports calling a referendum for this purpose. Having admitted today that “there is no longer support in the country for “Next,” although he adheres to the rhetoric of “saving it” from the influence of Brussels, insisting that the authority of the community must be “undermined from within.”
“We want to make sure that the union is an economic union and as little as possible a political union. On immigration, we want to leave the EU a little, with one exception. We would rather do that than leave the EU completely, which he now supports.” Only one in five Dutch people.”
In the electoral platform for the general elections in the Netherlands, last November, the Freedom Party still had the word 'Nexit' as its flag, just as it did in the 2019 European elections, when the party campaigned with a tougher and tougher tone, calling for 'next'. .
However, Wilders warned that he continues to “represent his constituents and that immigration is an important issue” and remains “firm on that”, which is why he will not make “any concessions” on asylum policy.
The Freedom Party now admits that “intensive economic cooperation is in our interest,” but stresses that it “does not want a European superpower” and will work “hard to change the Union from within.”
In the text of the European electoral program, no reference was made to Islam, but rather it was stated that the Freedom Party supports “Ukraine’s battle against the Russian aggressor.”
The Dutch far-right party says it supports European cooperation in the military field, but “not under the EU flag” and opposes the creation of a European army.
Although the Freedom Party did not receive any mandate in the 2019 European elections, an Ipsos poll in March showed that a quarter of Dutch people who intend to exercise their right to vote on June 6 intend to vote for the Freedom Party, which… It would give them more confidence. Nine seats in the European Parliament.
Wilders' Party for Freedom won 37 of the 150 seats in the Dutch parliament in the general elections last November, giving him priority to try to form a government, although he will not be able to do so without the support of three other parties. , which would give him priority. It is a parliamentary majority, and he is now negotiating with it an executive formula from the center right without him being prime minister.
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