Rutte lashes out at left wing parties in election campaign interview
1 year, 10 months ago

Rutte lashes out at left wing parties in election campaign interview

NL Times  

In the run-up to the provincial council elections, Prime Minister Mark Rutte lashed out against the merger of the PvdA and GroenLinks, which will soon form a joint parliamentary group in the Senate. A possible victory by the Left Bloc "would be bad news for the hard-working Dutchman" because it would raise taxes, the VVD leader told the Telegraaf. "If they become the largest parties, they develop enormous self-confidence, and I think the VVD should stop that movement already," Rutte, whose fourth Cabinet lacks a majority in the Senate, said of the left-wing combination. Rutte feared that a large PvdA/GL parliamentary group would make too many demands.

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VVD Senate leader Edith Schippers quits to focus on CEO role
3 weeks, 6 days ago

VVD Senate leader Edith Schippers quits to focus on CEO role

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Former health minister Edith Schippers is stepping down as coalition party VVD’s leader in the Senate, citing the difficulties of combining the role with her job as head of a pharmaceutical company. That has been the case for my position as party leader, with the attendant demands on my time.” Health minister Schippers was health minister during Rutte’s first three …

Political rift widens: PM Rutte rebukes VVD Ministers in Cabinet showdown
8 months ago

Political rift widens: PM Rutte rebukes VVD Ministers in Cabinet showdown

NL Times  

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte wound up in a heated exchange with VVD Cabinet ministers, notably Dilan Yeşilgöz. Sources within the Council of Ministers told RTL Nieuws that Rutte directed a stern rebuke towards VVD ministers, expressing frustration over their resistance to certain policy measures proposed by the outgoing cabinet. Sources familiar with the exchange described it as a moment …

Justice minister Dilan Yeşilgöz sets sights on VVD leadership
1 year, 5 months ago

Justice minister Dilan Yeşilgöz sets sights on VVD leadership

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As expected, justice minister Dilan Yeşilgöz has confirmed she wants to succeed Mark Rutte as leader of the right-wing Liberal VVD in an interview with the Telegraaf. Yeşilgöz, 46, has been justice minister since last year and was previously a junior minister and MP. Although not VVD voters’ top choice for the job, she is considered a strong candidate and …

Justice minister Dilan Yeşilgöz sets sights on VVD leadership
1 year, 5 months ago

Justice minister Dilan Yeşilgöz sets sights on VVD leadership

Dutch News  

As expected, justice minister Dilan Yeşilgöz has confirmed she wants to succeed Mark Rutte as leader of the right-wing Liberal VVD in an interview with the Telegraaf. Yeşilgöz, 46, has been justice minister since last year and was previously a junior minister and MP. Although not VVD voters’ top choice for the job, she is considered a strong candidate and …

Read how the govt in Netherlands collapsed over the burning refugee issue
1 year, 5 months ago

Read how the govt in Netherlands collapsed over the burning refugee issue

Op India  

On the 8th of July, the four-party coalition government collapsed in the Netherlands when the longest-serving Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte announced his resignation. Caretaker Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s VVD party and one of their alliance partner CDA wanted tougher measures in the immigration policy while the centre-left D66 and Christian Union parties were strongly against this move. As per …

Accusations, but no new insights, as right-wing clashes with left in election debate
1 year, 9 months ago

Accusations, but no new insights, as right-wing clashes with left in election debate

NL Times  

The leaders of the VVD, PvdA, and GroenLinks got into each other’s hair about sensitive topics like poverty, housing, immigration, nitrogen, and climate during the much-discussed televised election debate led by Jeroen Pauw. Harsh accusations rained from both sides, but because the politicians mainly exchanged known points of view, most voters would not have gained many new insights. PvdA leader …

Dutch PM lashes out at left-wing parties at campaign event
1 year, 9 months ago

Dutch PM lashes out at left-wing parties at campaign event

NL Times  

Dutch Prime Minister and VVD leader Mark Rutte again warned against voting for the left-wing opposition parties during a campaign kick-off event ahead of the Provincial Council elections in Dordrecht. Rutte compared political parties GroenLinks and PvdA to a “left cloud,” and said, "The smaller they get, the better it will be." Rutte said he finds it "totally unacceptable" that, …

PM Rutte's VVD steadily losing support in polls; Far-right PVV gaining
2 years, 1 month ago

PM Rutte's VVD steadily losing support in polls; Far-right PVV gaining

NL Times  

Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s VVD is steadily losing support in the polls. In the latest Peilingwijzer, the VVD has between 22 and 26 seats, about seven less than six months ago when the party stood at 29 to 33. The far-right party now has 18 to 22 seats in the polls, compared to 13 to 17 six months ago. According …

Rutte hopes agreement on Cabinet formation can be reached before Christmas
3 years ago

Rutte hopes agreement on Cabinet formation can be reached before Christmas

NL Times  

It will no longer be possible to reach a coalition agreement before Sinterklaas, but VVD leader and Prime Minister Mark Rutte "earnestly" hopes to reach a coalition agreement before Christmas. Rutte said in the VVD, it is mainly deputy leader Sophie Hermans who has a lot of work ahead of her. The Prime Minister said it is "not surprising" that …

Plans to form new Rutte Cabinet before Christmas: report
3 years, 1 month ago

Plans to form new Rutte Cabinet before Christmas: report

NL Times  

The four parties in the Cabinet formation process have a concrete plan to have a coalition agreement ready by Sinterklaas and a Cabinet formed before Christmas, sources told Nieuwsuur. The Tweede Kamer, the lower house of Dutch parliament, reprimanded informateurs Johan Remkes and Wouter Koolmees last week over the long-dragging Cabinet formation process. Regarding the new management culture, there were …

Minority coalition looms after Rutte swipes left on PvdA-GL pact
3 years, 3 months ago

Minority coalition looms after Rutte swipes left on PvdA-GL pact

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The next Dutch government looks likely to be a minority coalition after all other options were categorically ruled out this week. Reforming the previous four-way coalition with the ChristenUnie is also a non-starter after D66 leader Sigrid Kaag said two weeks ago she was not prepared to do another deal with the CU. That view was shared by CDA leader …

Minority coalition looms after Rutte swipes left on PvdA-GL pact
3 years, 3 months ago

Minority coalition looms after Rutte swipes left on PvdA-GL pact

Dutch News  

The next Dutch government looks likely to be a minority coalition after all other options were categorically ruled out this week. Reforming the previous four-way coalition with the ChristenUnie is also a non-starter after D66 leader Sigrid Kaag said two weeks ago she was not prepared to do another deal with the CU. That view was shared by CDA leader …

Cabinet with Green, Labour parties one step closer: report
3 years, 4 months ago

Cabinet with Green, Labour parties one step closer: report

NL Times  

The VVD and D66 seem to be heading for cabinet negotiations with the CDA and left-wing parties PvdA and GroenLinks. The left-wing parties said they were willing to join as one negotiating team - so without seconds - and that may be acceptable for the VVD and CDA, sources from around the formation process said to newspaper AD. The left-wing …

Cabinet formation leader: "Discomfort" in politics, but crisis demands action
3 years, 7 months ago

Cabinet formation leader: "Discomfort" in politics, but crisis demands action

NL Times  

The informateur appointed to take a fresh assessment and consult on a way forward with the Cabinet formation process in the Netherlands said that he was perturbed by the state of politics in the country. Mark Rutte's third Cabinet stepped down earlier this year after a report criticized its handling of the years-long childcare benefits scandal that showed tax authorities …

Poll analysis: Rutte poised for big election win
3 years, 9 months ago

Poll analysis: Rutte poised for big election win

NL Times  

One day before official election day, the polls has current prime minister Mark Rutte's VVD set for a big win. But with the ongoing pandemic and accompanying economic crisis, Rutte, his VVD, and a number of other top parties already stressed that a quick cabinet formation is needed. The current coalition of VVD, CDA, D66, and ChristenUnie are projected to …

Wilders says three largest parties should hold coalition talks after election
3 years, 9 months ago

Wilders says three largest parties should hold coalition talks after election

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Opposition leader Geert Wilders has said the three largest parties that emerge from this week’s election should be first in line to discuss the next coalition. Wilders, whose anti-immigration PVV party is running second in the polls, said it was ‘undemocratic’ of caretaker prime minister Mark Rutte to rule him out as a potential partner before the election has been …

Wilders says three largest parties should hold coalition talks after election
3 years, 9 months ago

Wilders says three largest parties should hold coalition talks after election

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Opposition leader Geert Wilders has said the three largest parties that emerge from this week’s election should be first in line to discuss the next coalition. Wilders, whose anti-immigration PVV party is running second in the polls, said it was ‘undemocratic’ of caretaker prime minister Mark Rutte to rule him out as a potential partner before the election has been …

"Undemocratic" to exclude PVV from cabinet, Wilders says
3 years, 9 months ago

"Undemocratic" to exclude PVV from cabinet, Wilders says

NL Times  

The three largest parties after the election must try to form a cabinet together, according to PVV leader Geert Wilders. Even though the VVD already said that it won't work with the PVV again, they owe it to the voters, Wilders said on the NPO Radio 1 news on Monday. According to Wilders, it is "undemocratic" of VVD leader and …

VVD leader Rutte promises "no more cutbacks", CDA calls it "a myth"
3 years, 9 months ago

VVD leader Rutte promises "no more cutbacks", CDA calls it "a myth"

NL Times  

Leader of the conservative party VVD and current Prime Minister, Mark Rutte, has outlined the contours of his "national recovery plan" when it comes to coronavirus pandemic on paper. He said that he had already found "starting points" in the plans of other parties, such as the PVV, CDA, PvdA, GroenLinks, SGP, Denk, FvD, Party for the Animals and SP. …

Mark Rutte calls for 'connection' in run up to elections
3 years, 10 months ago

Mark Rutte calls for 'connection' in run up to elections

NL Times  

VVD leader Rutte is calling on other political parties to seek "connection" in the campaign for the elections in the Tweede Kamer, the lower house of parliament. "In the coming weeks, all party leaders will face each other in television debates and politicians sometimes strongly criticize each other," the letter said. Rutte points out that he wants to mend the …

Cabinet collapse had little effect on polls; VVD still on top
3 years, 10 months ago

Cabinet collapse had little effect on polls; VVD still on top

NL Times  

Two weeks after the Rutte III cabinet collapsed in the aftermath of the childcare allowance scandal, no effect of that can be seen in the polls. If the Netherlands held elections now, the VVD would get 41 to 45 seats in parliament, according to the Peilingwijzer, which combines the polling data of I&O Research, Ipsos/EenVandaag, and Kantar, NOS reports. The …

CDA, PvdA, and GroenLinks denounce Rutte's policies
3 years, 11 months ago

CDA, PvdA, and GroenLinks denounce Rutte's policies

NL Times  

The tone for the political campaigns in the upcoming Tweede Kamer elections has been set. Wopke Hoekstra, who became CDA party leader at the end of last year, said in his first speech that Dutch politics entered an era of “broken promises.” According to him, that is due to Mark Rutte and the liberal ideals of the VVD. With the …

VVD consolidates lead in latest poll of polls, Forum sinks further away
4 years, 1 month ago

VVD consolidates lead in latest poll of polls, Forum sinks further away

Dutch News  

Prime minister Mark Rutte’s right-wing Liberal VVD remains by far the biggest party in the latest poll of polls, an amalgam of three leading opinion polls. If there were a general election tomorrow the VVD would win 39 to 45 seats in the 150 seat parliament, double that of its nearest rival, the far right PVV lead by Geert Wilders, …

VVD consolidates lead in latest poll of polls, Forum sinks further away
4 years, 1 month ago

VVD consolidates lead in latest poll of polls, Forum sinks further away

Dutch News  

Prime minister Mark Rutte’s right-wing Liberal VVD remains by far the biggest party in the latest poll of polls, an amalgam of three leading opinion polls. If there were a general election tomorrow the VVD would win 39 to 45 seats in the 150 seat parliament, double that of its nearest rival, the far right PVV lead by Geert Wilders, …

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