The Netherlands has a reputation in Europe as a liberal state - yet this week’s election will be dominated by Mark Rutte s People s Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) and Geert Wilders Party for Freedom (PVV), on the centre-right and far-right respectively.
Sylvana Simons, a former TV presenter and leader of the left-wing BIJ1, is trying to change that, standing for parliament on a platform of equality, under which schools and the health and tax systems make no distinction based on gender, race, sexuality or religion. I m proud of our party s election programme,” Simons told Euronews.
“It is written for the people we want to support. Youth care professionals, sex workers, education professionals, young people, black people, parents, trans and non-binary people, people with disabilities, and Muslim women.
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Geert Wilders anti-migration party has closed the gap on the ruling conservatives in the Dutch election, an early poll revealed today.
Prime Minister Mark Rutte s People s Party for Freedom and Democracy retains a lead of 10 percentage points over Wilders populist, anti-EU party.
Rutte is projected to win between 34 and 38 seats in the 150-seat lower house of parliament, while Wilders is forecast to win between 17 and 21 seats, according to the respected Peilingwijzer survey.
The 54-year-old PM s popularity soared over the last year as he took centre stage to outline the government s response to the pandemic, but it was hammered two months ago by a child benefits scandal which forced his entire cabinet to resign.