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PVV'S call to oppose asylum repair bill risks loss of Senate majority support
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Senate votes on controversial asylum laws: division within coalition and PVV. Political chaos and confusion characterized last week's debate on the…
PVV'S call to oppose asylum repair bill risks loss of Senate majority support
A political maneuver by the far-right Party for Freedom (PVV) in the Dutch Senate has put key asylum legislation at risk, while sharp criticism from the People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) has intensified accusations of chaos in The Hague’s coalition politics. The dispute centers on a repair bill and a criminalization measure that together determine whether the stricter asylum package can pass a decisive Senate vote on Tuesday.
In the podcast EW Politiek Vandaag, host Sam Verbeek and political editor Victor Pak discuss the chaos surrounding Marjolein Faber's asylum laws. What seemed like a done deal in the Senate until last week now threatens to completely derail – and remarkably, the PVV itself plays a leading role in this. Geert Wilders' U-turn lies in a crucial detail: his party previously supported an amendment (the novella) to get the asylum laws through the Senat…
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