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| Dutch government collapses over bitter migration dispute |
| 2023-07-09 |
Key issues: illegal immigration and driving Dutch farmers out of business for the sake of the Holy Grail of reducing global warming. [IsraelTimes] Prime Minister Mark Rutte resigns over ’insurmountable’ differences on immigration policy, heralding a stormy and divisive...politicians call things divisivewhen when the other side sez something they don't like. Their own statements are never divisive,they're principled... election campaign Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s coalition government collapsed Friday over "insurmountable" differences on how to tackle migration, with elections expected in November. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #4 The socialist dominoes continue to fall. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2023-07-09 14:17 |
| #3 From American thinker Today, very pertinent on the whole issue of immigration which is actually colonization: "Stepping back from the immediate circumstances in France, those of us who are the products of Western Civilization must face an uncomfortable reality. We have dominated the planet for almost four centuries, thanks to the military might that grew out of the scientific and technological revolutions with their origins in the Renaissance and Enlightenment. Gunpowder, firearms and cannons, and later steam engines, airplanes, and other industrial/technology marvels enabled Westerners to impose their will on other peoples... Resentments are natural, and the desire for vengeance... Thus, the world a few decades from now will be composed of far more people with cultural origins in societies that have resisted adaptation to the building blocks of mass prosperity... The demographic warning signs are so convincing that public attention must be diverted if the left is to remain in power and continue the policies that make these projections likely to be realized. " link |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2023-07-09 12:39 |
| #2 Key paragraphs from PJ Media’s much blunter take: The Netherlands government, led for 12 years by Prime Minister Mark Rutte, has collapsed in acrimony over the issue of chain migration. The crisis came to a head this week when two of Rutte’s coalition partners refused to back a plan to make it harder for refugee families to reunite. Rutte wanted to create a two-tier system for asylum seekers, differentiating between those fleeing persecution and those running from a war. More significantly, Rutte’s plan would have capped the number of family members who could join asylum seekers in the Netherlands at 200. “We are the party that can ensure a majority to significantly restrict the flow of asylum seekers,” said Geert Wilders, leader of the anti-immigration Party for Freedom. Wilders supported Rutte’s coalition 13 years ago, but his withdrawal from the coalition has now brought the government down. It’s not just the right that’s displeased with Rutte’s leadership. The left has been agitating for more action on climate change and issues like housing and chaos in the agricultural industry brought about by draconian policies designed to cut nitrogen from Dutch farms. In fact, the new party, the Farmer-Citizen Movement, known by its Dutch acronym BBB, is celebrating tonight. It recently scored a shocking victory in provincial elections last March, winning enough seats in the Senate to become the largest bloc in that body. The Farmer-Citizen Movement is riding the crest of a populist wave of opposition to the nitrogen mandates and other issues that farmers feel have been neglected by the government. But it’s what the government wants to do about chain migration that has fractured Rutte’s coalition. Politico: Asylum applications in the Netherlands jumped by a third last year to over 46,000, and are expected to increase to more than 70,000 this year — topping the previous high from 2015. The Spectator reports that the election outcome will be up in the air. The Netherlands experienced a rise in anti-government feeling during unpopular pandemic lockdowns and has historically low levels of trust in parliament after scandals including childcare benefits and the Groningen gas field. Support for ‘Caroline’s’ party could be seen through the many lime-green BBB flags and upturned Dutch flags hanging around the country. I like the idea of huge implications, which is nothing like vast tracts of land... ;-) |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2023-07-09 12:23 |
| #1 People who want to preserve the nature of their country are always "far right," aren't they? |
| Posted by: EMS Artifact 2023-07-09 09:28 |