A new era for Dutch politics? Far-right Geert Wilders to join government | DW News

The Netherlands looks set to have its most right wing government in decades, after a deal was reached between four parties following months of negotiations.
The announcement was made by anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders, whose Party for Freedom received the most votes in last November's elections.
It's still not clear who will become prime minister. Wilders' hardline views on Islam meant he had to step aside from taking that role so a deal could be reached.
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[@gozeros7611]

The Dutch seem to be fed up with illegal immigrants stealing their bikes.

[@wrighty338]

🤣 i would be too

[@Dazsun]

Well, lets put this in perspective. The people that steal the most bikes in the Netherlands are the Dutch themselves.

[@jeanpaulfelix4095]

DW news. Anything right of center is " Far Right". They show their hand and do even realize all call see.

[@gozertuitzuid1568]

Not only the bikes. Nearly a million (out of 18) are looking for housing, the construction of windmills had priority over houses, a record number of people have problems with paying their bills, health care is not afforable for a record number of people. This was to predicted.

[@ragul3204]

​@@gozertuitzuid1568 How do you know this is because of immigrants?

[@Nidal_Co]

Congratulations Netherlands 🇳🇱🇳🇱🇳🇱

[@red8884]

Thank you!!! I put out the flag. We finally stop being santaclaus.

[@olivergarcia2304]

@@red8884 A nice Dutch swastika flag with Wilders as Rambo holding a machine gun? You put that flag on your pick up and drove around like a very important person. Right?

[@red8884]

@@olivergarcia2304 swastikas were symbols of the left. No we want to help every dutch citizen. That is only possible if we dont take in more.

[@red8884]

@@olivergarcia2304 simpleton

[@denzellmovies]

@@olivergarcia2304 no, we don't drive pick ups in the Netherlands. But everything else was sadly spot on

[@P_arc]

he is not anti Islam he is loyal to his country

[@sirg3137]

He is not anti Islam. He tell reality about Islam

[@user_xsr]

He is and thats good! Hes not i slam o pho be. He's not scared of it! So anti i slam is befitting!

[@soundscape26]

He's anti-Islam let's face it.

[@rodmarker2071]

Loyal to himself .... Flag in the breeze He will ruin Holland

[@ssuwandi3240]

Correct. He's only anti-Sharia which is literally practiced by hard line Islamists. Very different to common religions.

[@solsingh7268]

England must learn something from The Netherlands b4 it is too late 👍🏻. Congratulations Netherland! To blessed with Strong Leadership 💪 2 save his country from future threat. God blessed n protect Greert Wilders ❤

[@san-chil]

Recognizing danger and responding to threats is an ancient human instinct for survival a basic human right and common sense.

[@pranavmenon2319]

Not afraid of any group. Love it. This give me goosebumps I wish we have prime minister like this.

[@Horseracingtip]

Everybody seems to be very happy this. A lot of people say they don't like these far left-wing European governments.

[@HarGee636]

I will also use the term far left of now on

[@satiricgames2129]

Congratulations to Netherlands

[@redroverredrover679]

Future is looking just a little brighter

[@binod9975]

Do you think that bright futur will comme with ppl who looks like him?

[@Pleezath]

​@@binod9975 it will come to the peoples who where and still are fed up with the old government.

[@pjhgerlach]

Wilders will turn out to be a politician like all the others.

[@dweb]

​@@PleezathMost of those people first supported and voted for those same old governments.

[@Pleezath]

@@dweb most people that voted for the biggest party ( the ruling one ) where mostly silent, because they always got hate for it, or a discussion they did not want to create.

[@donalobrien7582]

Mr.Wilders Concern is NOT for Himself but the Culture & Future of the NEATHERLANDS going Forward. Well Done

[@markholland7322]

Oh please, why are the rightwing people so poorly educated and fail to see the most simple of tactics?

[@arthurd6495]

Probably too late to save The Netherlands, but congrats either way.

[@lamaking3002]

Never too late

[@arthurd6495]

@@lamaking3002 I hope so

[@user-jk6ed9ux1t]

Better late than never

[@RopethemalIVRopemaxing]

Fight cowards 🇳🇱✊✊

[@reyeslj22]

It took the Spaniards almost 800 years. Reconquista!

[@maxman4948]

He just right not far right, dont label the people.

[@soundscape26]

What is missing for him to be considered far-right?

[@Joey-ct8bm]

He got workcamps in his election program. He also did speeches for Pegida. Convicted for racism too.

[@lalarebelse5985]

@@Joey-ct8bmworkkamps right!

[@kriskalpa]

congrats to the Netherlands! Now we need in the UK.

[@markholland7322]

You already got that, Netherlands is copying brexit Britain

[@TheWest212]

All candidates right of Marxist are labeled extreme right 🤣😂

[@pjhgerlach]

Everyone moved to the right. Left-wing is now center and right has become far-right.😏

[@Joey-ct8bm]

It's a national socialist party. Not a capitalistic one. They've lower healthcare costs and more elderly care in election program. Even workcamps.

[@pjhgerlach]

@@Joey-ct8bm Own health risk will be halved by 2027 but due to ever increasing healthcare costs the premium will rise considerably. The coming period will bring them back to reality once they realize that most promises cannot be realized. Either because of lack of funds or international agreements.

[@daviddestefanis2989]

@@pjhgerlach That's not really true. The left 20 years ago still believed in 2 genders. Many left wing politicians didn't even support gay marriage 20 years ago. And I don't think the left fawned over Palestine 20 years ago either. So, I think the left has gotten more left. And many on the right are now ok with gay marriage. So, I don't think the right has actually gotten more conservative.

[@TIAID-ct4ov]

Lmao where is this far left? Most of Europe has no far left parties eligible for elections. The Dutch SP for example is the most “left wing” party in the Netherlands, but only advocate for social democratic policy and have been advocating for less immigration themselves for years. Europe has a bunch of meek, capitalist parties with some disagreements on social policy and some far right figures in between. There aren’t any other flavours than that. The first thing this new government wants to do is hand out favours to (big) businesses despite running a campaign on livelihood security… It’s all one and the same.

[@melinakowalski2975]

GREETINGS FROM GERMANY!!🇩🇪💪🇩🇪💪

[@melinakowalski2975]

🇩🇪💪🇩🇪✌️

[@melinakowalski2975]

🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪💪🇩🇪

[@naveedali1406]

Whoever becomes the pm, whoever wins the election, the left or the right, I just hope the Netherlands does well. It's a very good country. ❤

[@adamski2931]

DW's editorial office will have to live with the fact that eventually, same thing will happen with AfD... and guess what, "Democracy" won't end on that day :). In fact, if They cut the funding for the DW - it would make German democracy much healthier.

[@daylightmoon7285]

DW has an extreme leftist leaning. We all know that so we keep our eye on them.

[@mountolympus1098]

At last One ray from end of tunnel

[@user-te3wj9tp8h]

I am an Indian and try to speak Hindi as Indian and German or English as the native speaker. This Anker speaks English like Hindi. We should encourage people who really respect others languages and speak with there pronunciation.

[@okman9684]

There is nothing bad in accent. Nobody is obliged to speak in any accent. You should speak in your preferable accent. As long as you know their language and can speak finely thats enough. Will you speak in Scottish accent in Scotland or Australian accent in Australia? That will impossible for most foreigner even americans will struggle to understand or sprak in Scottish accent

[@bratwurstmitbiryani]

He's pronunciation is good what you talking about?

[@onurtosyal8164]

What are you talking about. It is only natural and healthy that one speaks a foreign language with an accent that reflects his/her mother tongue.

[@signalnine2601]

It's good of you to do that but I don't blame people for having accents. I have to say for a native speaker, an Indian accent is one of the more difficult ones to understand. Hindi seems to emphasize different parts of the words from English. I never blame someone for an accent though. Learning other languages is hard. It's still cool you're trying.

[@oooSoundOfLifeooo]

Thanks! You're completely right!

[@Salvation30XB]

The guy has nice hair tho.

[@juliancoulden1753]

A country which stands for it’s own people is branded far right! The language is utterly biased

[@AnthonyTobyEllenor-pi4jq]

The EU wants more and more Immigration because the EU want a massive population and they don't care about overloading EU Member countries with Africans or Asians.

[@arkapravobiswas5825]

Congratulations to the Dutch people from India

[@nick00176]

He just wants to protect his country

[@dweb]

Sure, Ivan.

[@denzellmovies]

if he did he wouldn't make a bunch of false promises and self sabotage his own coalition talks

[@redseakings3344]

Congratulations save your nation

[@2532robh1]

Far right for DW means common sense and traditional values.

[@paulallen7334]

Dw has lost its mind by hiring FOREIGN REPORTERS WHOS ACCENT ARE THICK and hire local

[@Joey-ct8bm]

Wilders goes way more right than that. In his election program are workcamps and all kind of racist measures. He also got convicted for racism. He does speeches all over the world for far right groups. Some countries didn't even let him in. He got send back in Australia. Kinda funny. That's a 24 hour flight from here.

[@denzellmovies]

wanting to abolish the constitution is not common sense or traditional

[@theshadowman1398]

After reading the whole draft agreement I am certain not a damn thing will change. The coalition is very fragile with 2 parties as europhile as they get

[@Nsatiro]

Wilders should be pm

[@user-ul1qp3bl2l]

I would like to nominate Geert Wilders and Nayib Bukele President of El Salvador for the 2024 Time person of the year

[@AurediumRiptide]

We'll see how this government will go. Mind you that most Dutch governments fail to sit out the full term. In the last 26 years we had 9 governments. To put that in perspective, if no government had fallen we would now start on our 5th government. From the last 9 governments 8 ended prematurely. Considering how troubled the formation of this new government went and that it has two new political parties in it I am willing to wager it will not sit out the full 4 years.

[@geerteiron-up3rf]

I just found this video and why is there geert wildest because my name is geert 😂😂

[@premro]

Geert Wilders is a hero

[@Clydeb_9994]

We love Geert Wilders!

[@HMGSUN]

He should be able to do what he says he wants to do without being forced by the hierarchy to do so, he’s doing what the Dutch people want.

[@hari6124]

support from india , save world

[@__Man__]

But, not support from Kashmir.

[@cyberverse9141]

"Phul sapport from endia saar" -🧒🏿

[@Alex-jb5tb]

Geert Wilders wonderful ! ❤

[@JaapFeitsma-qi8ct]

Wilders is the Pied Piper of Holland.

[@lgrantgossett7590]

Why is Le Pen on the stage with Wilders?

[@ralphvandereb66]

Old meeting but done to discredit him

[@olivergarcia2304]

Because they hold each others' hands. Because both are the same.... Hate attracts hate.

[@glennborrageiro6257]

Ok Wokey

[@etu1nemu]

why is DW salty?

[@sarac4575]

Hope

[@user-ln3lh2pz8h]

That's spoke in theeyefor wilders

[@mikel9138]

So what are the policies now? Can lawful EU citizens go to the Netherlands and live there or are they going to get restricted too?

[@rjong5756]

Please stay there we are full

[@gao1812]

If somebody calls me "anti-islam" I take it as compliment 😂

[@melisdn1699]

Love you Geert Wilders

[@Brampaa]

I hope we can change this next election

[@anonimato1987]

It's long over due. Islam raus!

[@mickeymouse-yd7bk]

Good luck!

[@JaapFeitsma-qi8ct]

Wilders is going to rule through twitter. Rule by Twitter is a new verb.

[@markholland7322]

Indeed, its what Belgium already had - its called a kibbelkabinet. Good luck, Netherlands, you will need it.

[@terryjones6504]

Well done NL. Geert isn’t far right he is doing what governments should do, look after their own peoples interests. Let’s face it, it’s the people who pay for the country.

[@ryanv2324]

Just shows he is humble and more concerned with policy than himself

[@markholland7322]

Shows he has a double agenda, waiting to seize the moment

[@ryanv2324]

@@markholland7322 what? He gave up the position even though his party got the most votes in order to move forward.....

[@saitejg7342]

May the right wing parties form govt across in Europe

[@Gizzmo112]

Afd for germany!

[@tdtm82]

Very very sad that right-wing populism is on the rise in one of my favourite countries-in-the-world. RIP Netherlands.

[@michaelbailey8729]

Bot

[@user-vb7pr4oc8d]

Please seek help now.

[@thegreatVanitas]

Good news for West saksia now lets hope afD wins in Deutschland. Wir haben nich allein die party für Freiheit in die kabinet. Wir haben auch die beueren Bürger Bewegung. Daß ist unglaublich schön für West Niedersachsia und der (West.) frisch-Land hier in der Niederlande. Und Ich hoffe daß unserere sächsischen/dietsen Bruders im Deutschland hat auch schnell eine bessere Politik für Landwirte. Hail in die Flachländer von Nord- und Ostfriesland bis nach Flandern. Ich lebe du allen Hail dietsers.

[@simonharrison1874]

"Far right". No mate, Just right.

[@jerrylyons9279]

being "far right" is better than being far left!

[@pjhgerlach]

Willders has been successfully muzzled. Effectively converting him back into a VVD-member he used to be. Limiting migration wil be a problem considering the international agreements the Netherlands has.

[@maxman4948]

follow the UK, form new EU without woke nation which like france and germany.

[@dweb]

Recently the AfD was involved in a secret meeting discussing mass deportations of immigrants up to the second degree in origin. It was an international initiative from EU partisans. This limiting doctrine smells like potentially Wannsee and ovens.

[@tk80mufa5]

Agreements can be canceled , really nothing that hard

[@Vladishit_Putler]

Media instruction manual on how to report immigration: 1. Always start with the word "far right" 2. Always call him "extremist" 3. Always compare him to Donal Trump 4. Always use the word "anti"

[@watneynt194]

This is going to suck big time. All the problems we currently have he is just going to worsen. Less funding to education, less funding to youth services, creating more segregation between the people that live here and making the costs of living and studying even more expensive. He claims to "let the sun shine in the Netherlands again" but he'll ruin it more than any party has so far.

[@maxsmith3580]

demographic is your destiny, lets see if the dutch have the courage to take the hard, unpleasant decision.

[@satiricgames2129]

Problems with islamofascists

[@carlitoab]

Its tiring hearing "far right" etc. Meaningless.

[@kajman911]

The (non western) reporter is clueless about peoples democratic freedom to choose polticians looking after it´s own people. That says a lot...

[@maximusaugustus6823]

EU needs to cleanse itself back to its original ethnicity.

[@HarGee636]

To keep saying far right is insane

[@KevinArdala01]

Common sense stance toward Islam and immigration now means "far right" apparently.

[@denzellmovies]

wanting to ban freedom of religion is not common sense

[@thomasbisschoff7136]

Plasterk is a good second best premier!

[@nicolaasfourie]

Wonderful news. Geert Wilders is a great leader. Too bad he probably won't be the prime minister.

[@Joey-ct8bm]

Not for Germany. They are gonna double ticket prices of flights. 17 million people will come for cheap tickets in Germany. No more connecting flights too for cheap.

[@denzellmovies]

He is a strong debater, but he is absolutely not a great leader

[@srtsecure7973]

Congrats Nederland🇿🇦take back your country and culture.

[@gao1812]

Ban lsIam ASAP 🔥👏

[@Melrose51653]

Leave the EU ? Why not leave everything that provides protection for you ?

[@pjhgerlach]

Will not happen. Part of the deal. Besides most voters are against a 'Nexit'

[@Johan.V10]

He does not want that. Only A different EU.

[@pjhgerlach]

Most Dutch are against Nexit so that will never happen.

[@JeffreyCC]

This comment right here is a true example of what is called a Stockholm syndrome.

[@olivergarcia2304]

@@JeffreyCC - Your comment right here is a true example of what is called The Dunning-Krüger Effect.

[@A.BC-]

"Wir schaffen das"... 🥳🥳🥳🥳

[@w1113zuch]

😂 а здесь ваще феритейл 😂

[@faisalalsaud-xd2qu]

👋👋👋💪

[@andrewstehlik3917]

Why do they wave Czech flags?

[@user-xb2jx9zx1k]

To all my fellow Dutch people who said Wilders won. Wilders won nothing, because he burned all bridges! Told you so months ago 😂😂😂

[@gajaholeng440]

caos

[@ENDED796]

by islam

[@user-dd4np2hg7b]

Heil Wilder!

[@ItsDeffoChris]

As a Brit, what Geert promises is impossible. The UK is outside the EU and still struggles with immigration, why? Because right wing governments don't want to admit immigration is entirely necessary to a growing country. To fill all kinds of jobs and new jobs being created - even low skilled - which is what lead to Caribbean migration in the Windrush era in the UK post-war. The right wing do immigration by just dropping people into communities with zero aid for things like language or cultural classes with no state built accomodation which will stretch limited housing supply and services right wing govs spend no money on, invariably ending up with community tensions, but no real analysis of why their services are now poorer except "immigrant bad." I predict they make no real progress on any of the keys issues except tax, letting richer dutch people and companies based there get a massive tax cut.

[@CaneBTC]

Isn't the UK a bit special case though where former colonies have had some kind of easier entry? Or is that incorrect?

[@alexandersikosek8114]

😂😂😂😂

[@jungleboy1]

I think you can have right wing, nationalist but not right wing economist. What we have with the tories is center right nationalist and full right wing economist so they rely on mass migration to keep businesses afloat and artificially inflate growth numbers.

[@CaneBTC]

@@jungleboy1 Bring the iron lady back.

[@Joey-ct8bm]

@@CaneBTC We had a just as huge colony in the Netherlands as Britain. New Zealand is called after a Dutch Province, Australia, Indonesia, Taiwan, South Africa, New York. Geert Wilders himself is 50% Indonesian. If we had won the war against Britain you would be texting in Dutch right now. We still own Islands in the Caribbean.

[@cabdicano8698]

It’s his government ! The furher would be proud until he finds out about his Indonesian heritage 😂😂Lol

[@thefunder1]

Learn to cope, liberals.

[@EndtheCCP369]

we will keep fighting

[@thefunder1]

@@EndtheCCP369 chickens for kfc 🤣

[@ianinkster2261]

" The most right-wing government in years " Oh no.

[@Joey-ct8bm]

They put higher taxes in the coalition agreement, not lower. They even doubled the price of flights in the Netherlands in this agreement, so get your tickets if you need a connecting flight through Amsterdam fast!!! Do not wait! Build a bigger airport in Dusseldorf, Germany! 17 million of us our coming for cheap flights. Build some more hotels too. It's gonna be busy on Dusseldorf. OMG! Book early!

[@DanielHogendoorn]

ik ben zo blij!

[@leechrec]

Here's hoping that he isn't influenced by WEF and whoever else. He has to fulfill his promises and not be corrupted by those in the shadows.

[@ENDED796]

?? he is anti wef. idi.

[@danmarijanovic2099]

lol wilders doesn't even have real blonde hair; he's a wannabe. sad. I guess this means he's gotta kick himself out...

[@KS-bt8ko]

Nice map of Palestine he has in the background.

[@Oiiii794]

Anti Islam or quran is never a campaign strategy.

[@Dstinct]

That clip of him clapping makes Geert look like a total bell end.

[@harryhippie978]

Wilders another great white hope for the fascists.

[@CSBourne]

Eat your heart out.

[@bratwurstmitbiryani]

And he's Indonesian lol

[@Boeing-be9bk]

Make Netherlands Great Again

[@nattetofu775]

They steal our bikes!!!

[@thegreatVanitas]

Good news for West saksia now lets hope afD wins in Deutschland. Wir haben nich allein die party für Freiheit in die kabinet. Wir haben auch die beueren Bürger Bewegung. Daß ist unglaublich schön für West Niedersachsia und der (West.) frisch-Land hier in der Niederlande. Und Ich hoffe daß unserere sächsischen/dietsen Bruders im Deutschland hat auch schnell eine bessere Politik für Landwirte. Hail in die Flachländer von Nord- und Ostfriesland bis nach Flandern. Ich lebe du allen Hail dietsers.