The Dutch election victory caught Geert Wilders’ attention in November. However, more than 100 days later, the politician has still not assumed executive duties. On Wednesday, Geert Wilders announced his willingness to step down as prime minister as he seeks to form a viable new government. “I can only become prime minister if all parties in the coalition support me. This did not happen,” he wrote on the social network X.
Geert Wilders was born in 1963 in the south of Venlo, the Netherlands, near the German border. A Catholic family with a brother and two sisters, a British newspaper reports. The keeper. He entered politics as a member of the People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy, but left because he disagreed with the party’s moderate stance on Islam and immigration.
In 2004, he founded the Freedom Party, which is dedicated to anti-Islamic policies. Despite the emergence of other younger far-right figures in the Netherlands, such as the Nationalist Forum’s Thierry Baudet, the increasingly heated debate over immigration led to Geert Wilders’ victory in November.
Before the election, the politician sought to tone down some of his most divisive anti-Islamic rhetoric, admitting he had abandoned proposals to ban mosques and the Koran. Instead, he focused on growing economic problems, promising to solve the housing crisis and fight inflation.
Among the most radical measures proposed in the campaign are the restoration of Dutch border controls, the arrest and deportation of illegal immigrants, and the reintroduction of work permits for intra-EU workers.
In the past, Geert Wilders has praised the government of Russian President Vladimir Putin and criticized “hysterical Russophobia” in Europe. After the Russian invasion of Ukraine, he distanced himself from the Kremlin, considering the war a mistake. But in one of the last debates before the election, he refused to send weapons to Ukraine.
In November, Chega President Andre Ventura congratulated him on his election victory. “Our friend Geert Wilders has just won the elections in the Netherlands. This is the last sign: Portugal will be next!” he wrote on the social network X.
Faced with political gridlock in the Netherlands, the Freedom Party and three other conservative parties are considering the scenario of creating an extra-parliamentary government, opening the doors of government to politicians and experts who do not belong to either party.
Author: morning Post
Source: CM Jornal
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