PNN – Dutch anti-Islam and anti-immigrant politician Geert Wilders, whose far-right party won the most parliamentary seats in the November elections, said that he will not become prime minister due to the lack of support from other parties.
According to the report of Pakistan News Network, citing AFP, Wilders wrote on the X social network on Wednesday night: He will become the prime minister only if all the coalition parties support it (my prime ministership). But this did not happen.
He added: Love for the country and the voters is more important and greater than my position.
Wilders announced that he wants to form a “right-wing cabinet and reduce immigrants and asylum seekers”.
Wilders’ failure to hold the position of Prime Minister is expected to be announced soon as the result of negotiations on the formation of the coalition government of the Netherlands.
Kim Potters, who is leading the parties’ negotiations, said the negotiating teams were ready to take the “next step” after two days of “good and intensive” talks.
The negotiating parties have so far not released details of their talks, but Dutch broadcaster NOS reported that “an extra-parliamentary or technocrat cabinet” is likely to be formed.
According to this report, it is likely that the leaders of the parties in the coalition government will continue to act as members of parliament, and the cabinet members may be chosen from “ordinary” members of the parties or non-politicians.
The People’s Party (PVV) won the most parliamentary seats in November’s elections and has since begun talks with the liberal centre-right VVD, the BBB Farmers Party and the New Social Contract (BBB) ​​party to form a government.
However, the extreme manifesto of the People’s Party caused other parties, including the New Social Contract Party, to express doubts about cooperating with the extreme right wing, and the negotiations ended in a long time.
The anti-Islam and anti-immigration People’s Party calls for the banning of mosques, the Holy Quran and headscarves in the Netherlands and holding a binding referendum on Amsterdam’s exit from the European Union.