Oh what the hell is going on over there

  • PigPoopBallsDotJPG [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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    1 year ago

    The sad thing is, this isn’t even a shocking up-set. The Netherlands has been flirting with right-wing populists ever since the rise of Pim Fortuyn. And PVV was already getting a significant number of seats in previous elections. The balance was now just slightly changed because the neoliberal right in the form of VVD fucked up governing so hard that a fair number of liberal votes that used to go to them ended up getting split between neoliberal center-right (NSC) and neoliberal center-left (GL-PvDA).

    In somewhat better news, other chud-adjacent parties (FvD, BBB) also didn’t really perform well. Which means any extreme agenda items PVV may have aren’t going to survive a coalition.