Dutch coalition government dominated by an anti-Islam party struggles to find prime minister
7 months ago

Dutch coalition government dominated by an anti-Islam party struggles to find prime minister

Associated Press  

THE HAGUE — The parties that agreed to form a Dutch coalition dominated by the far right are struggling to find a prime minister and warned Wednesday that the search might leave the Netherlands without a fully functional government for months. The initial candidate for prime minister that Wilders had in mind withdrew early this week following reported allegations of his involvement in medical patent fraud. Wilders has been a divisive figure in Dutch politics for the past two decades and his appointment as prime minister would be seen as a step too far. We will naturally make that work too.” Wilders was instrumental in building a coalition with outgoing Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s center-right People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy, the populist Farmer Citizen Movement and the new centrist New Social Contract party.

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