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New York Times
3 days ago
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- New York Times
Far-Right Leader Pulls Out of Dutch Governing Coalition
Geert Wilders, the far-right leader of the biggest political party in the Netherlands, announced Tuesday that he would withdraw his ministers from the country's governing coalition over a dispute about migration, setting off a new political crisis. The move will likely trigger the imminent collapse of a government that was sworn in less than a year ago, as well as new elections. Mr. Wilders announced the withdrawal of his Party for Freedom from the four-party coalition on X, saying the decision was made because of his partners' refusal to sign off on a new list of proposals to curb migration. 'No signature for our migration plans,' he wrote in the message. The Party for Freedom, which has advocated banning the Quran, closing Islamic schools and entirely halting the acceptance of asylum seekers, won the largest number of seats in November 2023 elections, sending shock waves through the Dutch political system. Mr. Wilders was able to form a government with three other right-wing parties — the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy, a center-right party; the Farmer Citizen Movement, a populist pro-farmer party; and New Social Contract, a new centrist party — after seven months of negotiations last year. Together, the four parties hold 88 seats in the 150-seat House of Representatives.
CNN
3 days ago
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- CNN
Dutch government collapses as Wilders' far-right party leaves coalition
The far-right Party for Freedom (PVV) is leaving the Netherlands' government, toppling the governing coalition, its leader Geert Wilders said on Tuesday. Wilders, who is not himself part of government, presented the cabinet with an ultimatum last week to strengthen its asylum policy. 'No signature for our asylum plans,' he posted on X on Tuesday. 'PVV is leaving the coalition.' This is a developing story and will be updated.
CNN
3 days ago
- General
- CNN
Dutch government collapses as Wilders' far-right party leaves coaliiton
The far-right Party for Freedom (PVV) is leaving the Netherlands' government, toppling the governing coalition, its leader Geert Wilders said on Tuesday. Wilders, who is not himself part of government, presented the cabinet with an ultimatum last week to strengthen its asylum policy. 'No signature for our asylum plans,' he posted on X on Tuesday. 'PVV is leaving the coalition.' This is a developing story and will be updated.
Bloomberg
20-05-2025
- Politics
- Bloomberg
How Romania Defused Far-Right Threat in Presidential Election
Romania passed a major test for its young democracy as a centrist independent won the race for president, withstanding a surge of the far right. Nicusor Dan, the mayor of capital city Bucharest, defeated George Simion, leader of the hard-right Alliance for the Unity of Romanians, in the runoff on May 18. Simion had emerged from the first-round vote as the frontrunner.
Washington Post
13-05-2025
- Politics
- Washington Post
Trumpism is struggling to win over the world
The right wing thought its time had finally come. The United States, leader of the world's liberal democratic bloc, was going rogue, elevating to its highest office an ethno-nationalist authoritarian who would tear apart the institutions and understandings underpinning a global liberal order built up over the past eight decades. 'The Trump tornado has changed the world in just a couple of weeks,' Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said at a far-right coven in Madrid in February. Marine Le Pen, the former leader of France's National Rally, asserted that 'we're facing a global tipping point.' Herbert Kickl, fresh from his far-right party's landslide win in Austria's parliamentary elections, proclaimed that 'people everywhere are rising against the impositions of the E.U. centralists and left-wing ideologies.'
