11 June 2010

Geert Wilders' Dutch Freedom Party Likely to Join Coalition Government

After coming-out the big winner in Wednesday's Dutch Elections -surging from 9 to now 22 seats-  Geert Wilders' PVV -which placed third, close behind the two major parties- is looking to be in power nationally soon, as today the Dutch monarch asked PM-in-waiting Mark Rutte to consider the right-wing option in coalition talks:


The queen is likely to appoint a coalition negotiator with affiliations to the VVD Liberal party who will start assessing the possibility of a right-wing VVD, CDA and PVV coalition, Dutch newspapers report on Friday.'Liberal' leader Mark Rutte, who is in line to be the next prime minister, was the first to visit the queen on Friday morning to formally start of the coalition formation process.


After the meeting Rutte said he had told the queen talks should start with Geert Wilders' anti-Islam party because it had been the main winner in Wedneday's general election.


Geert Wilders said he had pointed out to the queen that all the parties which were members of the previous cabinet had lost support.'Justice should be done to the election results and a coalition involving the two winners, PVV and VVD, should be looked at.  And I said we should make haste,' Wilders told reporters.

Geert Wilders, Dutch Election, Dutch Freedom Party