Wilders anticipates forming a government soon.
Half a year has elapsed since the triumph of Dutch populist Geert Wilders in the election. Now, he's feeling confident: a coalition government agreement is just around the corner, he claims. Negotiators are scheduled to divide their labor again in the morning.
Just about six months ago, Dutch right-wing demagogue Geert Wilders announced his confidence after marathon chats with the liberal-conservative VVD party of the outgoing Prime Minister Mark Rutte and two other right-wing conservative parties. Wilders revealed this morning that he couldn't see the impending deal failing. An accord regarding the purse strings of the government has been reached.
The negotiators would resume their rounds at 10 a.m. to corroborate the agreement and offer parliamentary groups the opportunity to gauge their reaction before the looming midnight deadline for discussions. If an agreement is reached, Wilders' right-wing populist and anti-Muslim PVV will band together with the former ruling party VVD, the center-right NSC party, and the farmers' protest party BBB to control a majority of 88 parliamentary positions out of the 150 available.
It's anticipated that Wilders will unveil his candidate for Prime Minister this Wednesday, having proclaimed in March that he would step off his throne. Throughout the campaign, Wilders had maintained a steady drumbeat about his intentions to considerably restrict asylum immigration. In addition, he also pledged to slash Dutch EU expenses, halts new member requests such as Ukraine, and cease weapons distribution to Ukraine.
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Source: www.ntv.de
