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Is the Netherlands Now Europe’s Most Right-Wing Government?

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Since the November election, politicians in the Netherlands have been scrambling to form a government. This week though, Geert Wilders finally managed to bring together a coalition, one that will see the country go rightwards. In this video, we take a look at the new coalition, it’s policies, and who might end up being the new Prime Minister.

The Coalition Document (in Dutch): https://www.tweedekamer.nl/kamerstukken/detail?id=2024D19455&did=2024D19455

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1 – https://www.ft.com/content/336be8d2-ee91-430c-8cda-a7a24e18f177
2 – https://nos.nl/collectie/13958/artikel/2498924-politieke-aardverschuiving-pvv-veruit-de-grootste-coalitie-afgestraft
3 – https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/15/far-right-geert-wilders-agrees-deal-dutch-coalition-government
4 – https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2023/11/21/housing-crisis-biggest-concern-for-voters-at-dutch-election
5 – https://www.ft.com/content/850e66f7-ad1b-449a-b943-4cf274fa9097
6 – https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2qvqwq0gxlo

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00:55 – Context
02:57 – Manifesto Explained
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45 Comments

  1. @ravensroost9776

    May 18, 2024 at 9:49 am

    This is an absolutely tragedy for the Netherlands

  2. @hamodalbatal464

    May 18, 2024 at 9:49 am

    Congratulations Netherlands ❤

  3. @aetherion7

    May 18, 2024 at 9:49 am

    What kind of drugs are you taking constantly on this channel? What is "most right-wing"? 😀

  4. @radicalbyte

    May 18, 2024 at 9:49 am

    Interesting fact: Caroline can't count and she's proud of it. Whilst a public figure admitting that that is something to be admired, she shouldn't be anywhere near coalition as party leader. How is she supposed to make important fiscal decisions when she doesn't understand numbers?

  5. @punishedpinecone4772

    May 18, 2024 at 9:49 am

    "radical" and "right wing" have become code for "people I don't like" rather than being used for their actual meanings.

  6. @Based_Stuhlinger

    May 18, 2024 at 9:49 am

    He should still be prime minister.

  7. @someone_else...

    May 18, 2024 at 9:49 am

    I'm a Muslim migrant here in NL, and I am surprised that the entire criticism of this new agreement is 'they are right wing' – which to me seems that the left is name calling.
    All of these measures have been taken by left wing governments in other countries. They may be wrong. But 'right wing' doesn't seem like apt criticism to me.

  8. @paulgee1952

    May 18, 2024 at 9:49 am

    This is what all Nationalists want , that they are getting their way in gaining control is more worrying as it restricts liberty and promotes racial superiority which if you think about it, is what Islamic fundamentalists want for themselves , so a Liberal culture war mess , created by tolerance of the intolerable . So tolerance for Religious groups wanting to wield political power, allows other extremists like Wilders to be elected. Instead of the Socialist Liberal policies of central stability, allowing him to rule so long as the main reason is not faced ? Sadly Islamic fundamentalism IS an issue that need to be addressed ,yet are the extremists, the only ones willing to do that ? The left has adopted more Liberal than Socialist policies becoming more independent and selfish, this allows needs to suffer, and tolerance of shoddy practice.

  9. @randar1969

    May 18, 2024 at 9:49 am

    The Netherlands going right is more a concequence of the middle rocket by scandals and populism… I wouldn't surprise me if the more right leaning government fails to deliver or has simular problems 20-30% is going back to voting as before. I think the chance of this 4 party coalition going the full 4 years is far from a reality even. Only takes one party to pull the plug on this coalition… The liberals , the populists, the farmers party , and a new party split from centre left that is calling themselves middle now.

  10. @jorenbaplu5100

    May 18, 2024 at 9:49 am

    Italy is still further right, no?

  11. @Liebestod0001

    May 18, 2024 at 9:49 am

    their goals sound pretty reasonable considering how things changed a lot recently

  12. @FO0TMinecraftPVP

    May 18, 2024 at 9:49 am

    6 JUNE VOTE RIGHT WING PLEASE EVERYONE

  13. @goblinslaya7328

    May 18, 2024 at 9:49 am

    Only the immigration policies look right wing all the other policies are left wing

  14. @ignatiusryd2031

    May 18, 2024 at 9:49 am

    I'm pretty interested if Wilders would kept Rutte decisions to repatriate the stolen artefacts from former Dutch East Indies and settle down the historical disputes regarding to Indonesie Oorlog once and for all or scrapped it altogether and sacrificing the long term aim of Dutch govt to build a friendly relationship with its former biggest colony.

  15. @Oleksandr.Derkach

    May 18, 2024 at 9:49 am

    Considering the Netherlands are pro-Ukraine, this title will probably still go to Hungary

  16. @mab9614

    May 18, 2024 at 9:49 am

    The fact that after the VVD initially ruled out working with the PVV. PVV’s polling skyrocketed even more……
    The media should really take a look at themselves. By constantly reporting this type of politicians, they not only give them more attention but also more votes from some classic rebellious voters.

  17. @jalapenoofjustice4682

    May 18, 2024 at 9:49 am

    what would even be the point of moving the embassy to Jerusalem? Do we seriously care more about the symbolism of what state a city "should" belong to than we do about human lives?

  18. @robin_nohood2515

    May 18, 2024 at 9:49 am

    fun fact student who take extra years on their study now get fined 3000 euros

  19. @quranyeshua

    May 18, 2024 at 9:49 am

    I am actually by far the most powerful person in the country

  20. @Gbizz

    May 18, 2024 at 9:49 am

    European elections are in for a shocking switch to the right!

  21. @alleskomtgoed

    May 18, 2024 at 9:49 am

    Why would do you call this a right wing government.
    It’s all based on common sense!

  22. @THEASSOFJBM

    May 18, 2024 at 9:49 am

    What are their policies regarding renewables like solar and wind?

  23. @TinTin175

    May 18, 2024 at 9:49 am

    You won't believe it! In the Netherlands, there are about 2 million people with an IQ below 80 who have massively voted for Wilders. They have no idea what populism is and don't understand that Wilders' plans in his draft coalition agreement are unworkable. That's typical populism: promising people what they want to hear, even if it can't be done in practice. And those voters, they just don't see it!

  24. @wile123456

    May 18, 2024 at 9:49 am

    This is the biggest breach of international law in recent history. Completely blocking asylum processing is insane. The Netherlands should be kicked out of the EU, and den Hague shouldn't host the court of warcrimes anymore, when the country itself can't even follow the most basic international laws themselves

  25. @user-ho5ef8gm9i

    May 18, 2024 at 9:49 am

    Interesting and both scandalous for TLDR turning a blind eye on North Macedonia electing an anti-Bulgarian and anti-European government. The double standards. 😃

  26. @iGamezRo

    May 18, 2024 at 9:49 am

    Too bad they didn't call a new election. The PVV and Wilders deserve a full mandate.

  27. @dutchmapping1

    May 18, 2024 at 9:49 am

    First time ever we don't have a relatively centrist cabinet since the second World War. I really, really hope this cabinet falls quickly, and we get a more leftist government. We've been waiting too long, we cannot delay issues like climate and social security any longer.

    Also, quick note: Plasterk is involved in a patents scandal, which might make him unsuitable as PM for NSC and VVD. My guess is Jacques Monasch, a former Labour politician who left the party in 2017 because he felt it wasn't tough enough on migration. He's experienced and hasn't been active in politics for a couple of years now (like Plasterk was), meaning he might be the perfect candidate for Wilders, who basically has no competent people in his party except for Bosma and Agema. Bosma is already speaker of the house, and Agema will likely become the healthcare minister.

  28. @tuvanrashid1299

    May 18, 2024 at 9:49 am

    😂

  29. @dasbroisku

    May 18, 2024 at 9:49 am

    Well done Netherlands. Now let’s see the deportations in action 🎉

  30. @birdstwin1186

    May 18, 2024 at 9:49 am

    wasnt it this channel that said the dutch govt would have a unified right govt party and that Wilders was failing? premature reading of the situtation huh?

  31. @derykhawkins2199

    May 18, 2024 at 9:49 am

    Back in the 70's Lebanon was 70% Christian but the 2022 census shows it is now 62% muslim. There is no time left and we have to fight back now.

  32. @rjdverbeek

    May 18, 2024 at 9:49 am

    "Tuinders" are farmers that use greenhouses for farming.

  33. @Reflyxas

    May 18, 2024 at 9:49 am

    right wing>wrong wing (left)

  34. @raulvonlieb

    May 18, 2024 at 9:49 am

    Lots of mistakes in this one guys.

  35. @mormacil

    May 18, 2024 at 9:49 am

    I would say that Rutte has been the longest running Right wing prime minister of the Netherlands. Wilder's coalition is of course more right wing but the prime minister has been right from center for decades now.

  36. @gleb4059

    May 18, 2024 at 9:49 am

    State of journalism in Europe in 2024: label everyone right-wing if you disagree with them.

  37. @detdeet

    May 18, 2024 at 9:49 am

    well, the whole cattle reduction rejection is absolutely going to get them kicked out of the EU, they don't even need to remove themselves, according to EU laws not abiding by their directives incurs all kinds of fines and penalties potentially leading to their removal from the Union for refusing to implement Brussels' directives.
    Nowadays Brussels doesn't just suggest things, it issues orders that national governments are fully expected to comply with or else.

  38. @thijmstickman8349

    May 18, 2024 at 9:49 am

    Fyi Ronald Plasterk is a former labour minister labour turned right wing columnist

  39. @manman522

    May 18, 2024 at 9:49 am

    The leaders of the other coalition parties agreed to stay in parliament, thus ruling out the prime ministership for all of them. Besides that, good video!

  40. @wile123456

    May 18, 2024 at 9:49 am

    Used to be invaded by nazis almost a century ago, now nazis run the country from the inside.

  41. @phillipthegeek

    May 18, 2024 at 9:49 am

    I give it less than a year before there is another election.

  42. @ahmedyousef9919

    May 18, 2024 at 9:49 am

    i am quite on the right when it comes to migration but banning mosques and the Quran, and moving the embassy to Jerusalem is just hate to the religion and the people who worship it.

  43. @shandonsahm3343

    May 18, 2024 at 9:49 am

    Far right has never been on the right side of history….

  44. @swiftly_produced2694

    May 18, 2024 at 9:49 am

    NSC is a center left wing party. Wtf. How did you get that wrong. He's just surrounded with right wing parties as a campagne strategy. Every pro-PVV'er is most against the NSC. He talks constantly about the poor and he doesn't really talk about identity politics. He was famous for uncovering the right wing scandal and collaborated with extreme left wing parties, Farid Azarkan (specialised in left wing identity politcs) and Renske Leijten (my personal favorite and specialized in left wing economic issues). The only right wing ideas he's known for is being migrant sceptic, (but even the Labour Party and Green Left party was also eurosceptic this election cycle) being pro-farmer (but even he critized mega farms and and having a big "vee-stapel", because it is bad for the envoirnment), and wanting a lower incometax (but he wants that, because he feels it makes the lives of poor people worse). I'm not a big fan of Pieter Omtzigt. I really don't like how he surrounds himself with right wingers and I read his book and followed his past work and he was very left wing and associated himself with left wingers. Now, when he was campagning he probably noticed that the right was going to wing and he went on that right wing train

  45. @agent00meme22

    May 18, 2024 at 9:49 am

    you failed to mention that the backpaddling from the NSC and VVD cost them nearly half their seats in the updated polls(and pvv itself growing to over 50 out of 150 seats). And if wilders wanted to he could steer it towards new elections… forcing these parties to abide by his will, not the other way around.
    Big aspect and not including this makes you look like an amateur. just a heads up

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EU’s proposed CORE mechanism
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US exempted from Pillar 2 of OECD’s global minimum corporate tax agreement
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