Geert Wilders’ win in Wednesday’s general election in the Netherlands has some European leaders on edge, while many on the continent’s far right believe their views have now become more mainstream. BBC News reports: https://flip.it/MIzHVQ #News#WorldNews#Europe#GeertWilders
Het ondenkbare is gebeurd: de #PVV is de grootste partij geworden en #GeertWilders maakt zich klaar om premier van Nederland te worden.
Maar we hebben nog een kans om dit tegen te houden:
75% van de Nederlanders heeft niet op Wilders gestemd, en hij kan alleen premier worden als andere grote partijen bereid zijn een coalitie met hem te vormen.
Sluit je nu aan bij deze open brief en vraag hen niet met #Wilders in zee te gaan:
Kommentar: Bitterböses Erwachen in Brüssel nach Niederlande-Wahl
Der Wahlsieg des Rechtspopulisten Wilders in den Niederlanden sorgt in der EU für ein bitterböses Erwachen, meint Kathrin Schmid. Brüssel muss dringend Reformen voranbringen - und sich auf Anti-Europäer am Verhandelungstisch vorbereiten.
Far-right Geert Wilders wins Dutch election but could struggle to form a coalition.
Wilders' Party for Freedom is expected to win 35 of the 150 seats in the Second Chamber, according to exit polls. In order to govern, it will have to reach an agreement with right-wing and center-right parties.
With two raging wars, an incoming far-right populist president in #Argentina, and a surging far-right movement in #Germany, #TheNetherlands decided that another far-right leader is what the world needs. We're all doomed. #GeertWilders#PVV
"Believe the #autocrat. He means what he says. Whenever you find yourself thinking, or hear others claiming, that he is exaggerating, that is our innate tendency to reach for a rationalization. This will happen often: Humans seem to have evolved to practice denial when confronted publicly with the unacceptable." Masha Gessen #Orban#Trump#Putin#Lukashenko#Khomeini#GeertWilders#Afd#Hungary#Russia#downwithdictators
Re the #Netherlands, there is every right to be very concerned. For context, #GeertWilders was refused entry to the UK in 2009 because of his hateful rhetoric. The UK!
Sep 2020: a Dutch right-wing politician is convicted of the crime of insulting a minority group for his 'fewer Moroccans!' speech during an electoral campaign (no penalty).
3 years later: his #PVV party is the largest in 🇳🇱 and gets 35 seats in the lower chamber. #GeertWilders
Looks like the #Netherlands is about to elect a #Nazi turnip in a blonde wig. Again, we see the delusion of those who think #Politics is what you do to other people.
And the winner of the Dutch election is... The Dutch Media. They've spent decades hyping up every right wing racist party, allowing them to say the most outrageous things without any fact checking at all. The public has now given the most votes to a racist linked to Putin. I'm ashamed. #tk2023#DutchPolitics
@hembrow I think we can’t just blame the media. The media didn’t vote, the people did. And why they voted like this is the true mystery. It’s not because they are stupid, it’s not because they are all racists.
This is happening all over the planet: Populism is back. From the US to Hungary, people have a unbelievable ability blaming outsiders for their problems.
Let’s just wait and see how #geertwilders will fuck this up.
Niederlande-Wahl: Wilders-Partei liegt laut Prognose vorn
In den Niederlanden liegt die Partei von Geert Wilder laut einer Prognose vorne. Das meldete das niederländische Fernsehen nach Schließung der Wahllokale. Es wäre das erste Mal, dass eine rechtspopulistische Partei bei Parlamentswahlen siegt.