2023-11-23 09:41:22
The Dutchman Frans Timmermans, head of the list of the left-ecologists alliance, and former European commissioner, stressed that he would continue to defend democracy and the rule of law in the Netherlands, following the party’s electoral victory on Wednesday. far-right PVV (Freedom Party). He brushes aside the idea that his GroenLinks-PvdA alliance, second according to preliminary results, might form a coalition with Geert Wilders’ party.
“Democracy has spoken. The time has come to defend democracy“, commented on the evening of the election the one who was until recently vice-president of the European Commission.
According to the partial vote count, the left-ecologists alliance can count on 25 seats out of the 150 in the lower house of the Dutch parliament, and is the second formation in the country following the PVV, which can count on 37 seats.
However, rising to power with Geert Wilders is not an option for Frans Timmermans. He assures that his party will never participate in a coalition with “a party that rejects the Dutch“.
Mr. Timmermans did not hide his disappointment with the electoral result in the Netherlands, even though he expected much more for his alliance. In his speech to activists on Wednesday evening, he also had a word for people who may no longer feel welcome in the Netherlands. “We don’t let anyone down in the Netherlands“, he said. “If, in the days to come, you meet people in your neighborhood, at school or at work who wonder if they still have a place here, tell them very clearly: yes! In the Netherlands, everyone is equal. It doesn’t matter where you grew up, where your parents grew up, where your grandparents grew up: you belong“, insisted the politician.
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