Politics and Elections in the Netherlands: coalition agreement presented

[JA]

Is 50plus (the Partys leadership, not the electorate) closer to the Right (anti-EU, EU-sceptical, against Islam, against mass immigration) or the Left (pro-EU, against own country and People, pro mass immigration, loving Islam)?

In other words, despite rhetoric in the election campaign, is it possible to form a government with PVV, VVD, 50plus, CU e.g.?

I have not met a 50+ voter, but I imagine that a lot of them are a mix of former PVV, but also PvdA and SP, all of whom have simply given up on political structures and merely want a force that protects the direct interests of the baby boomers. Economically they are definitely what you would call old school left. But I think they remain the only party to have not ruled out governing with the PVV.

I'm not sure these parties you mention would be able to agree on a budget, which is one of the key points in coalition making. Rutte has said his first reason for ruling out the PVV as a partner is that they have an economic program similar to the SP. This is tactic similar to the UMP in France against FN, that doesn't really work at least allows them to secure their right-wing base.

In the case of the NL though we still have to remember that the VVD is fundamentally a neo-liberal party, and that they will form coalitions with parties that allow them to continue the NL's status as the good student of European fiscal policy. A coalition with PVV and 50+ probably requires abandoning that status.

And then there is the First Chamber majority.

By the way, tp put the PVV's lead into perspective, here is a graphical representation of how the parliament would look.

What possible coalition could be formed if those were the results? It'd have to span the political spectrum quite considerably, which is potentially problematic.

[JA]

84% - Party for the Animals
74% - Socialist Party
74% - GroenLinks
65% - Democrats 66
58% - Labor Party
45% - 50 Plus
35% - Christian Union
29% - Party for Freedom
23% - People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
19% - Reformed Political Party
16% - Christian Democratic Appeal

I wouldn't have expected to align most with PvdD, but that's what seems to be the case. If I was Dutch I'd probably vote GroenLinks, but I'd certainly look twice at the Partyfor the Animals now. Regardless, I hope the three parties with whichever I most agree are in the next government somehow.

[JA]

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