US EditionSeven Lawmakers Resign From Geert Wilders’ Party in Dutch Parliament
Seven MPs left Geert Wilders' Party for Freedom over leadership disputes and seek cooperation with the incoming minority coalition, reducing PVV's parliamentary strength from 26 seats.
- On Tuesday, seven departing MPs resigned from Geert Wilders, PVV leader, to form a new bloc in the Dutch House of Representatives led by Gidi Markuszower, MP since 2017.
- The dissidents said they left after arguing the parliamentary party 'has not achieved enough' and blaming Wilders for losing 11 seats, saying `the campaign came to a halt because the leader could not be bothered any more`.
- The group includes four of the top seven PVV MPs, including four new parliamentarians, and the dissidents' document criticized spreading insulting images on X about Islam as ineffective.
- The defections mean Geert Wilders, PVV leader, is no longer the largest opposition party in the 150-seat House of Representatives, while the dissidents warn the split threatens the party's continuity and Wilders called it a `black day` for the PVV.
- D66, the largest party in the incoming coalition, is drafting legislation requiring formal party memberships as other parties pledge cooperation with the likely D66-led minority administration, while Wilders maintains ties with European populist leaders.
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Seven Dutch parliamentarians no longer want to accept that the right-wing populist dominates his party at will. They also interfere with his obsession with Islam.
Driven by MP Gidi Markuszower, who was previously suspected of maintaining close ties with the Israeli Mossad, seven of the 26 members of the Freedom Party decided to defect, criticizing Mr Wilders for the lack of internal democracy within the Dutch extreme right wing.
Because Geert Wilders remains true to his principles, several members of his PVV now turn their backs on him. They want to bend themselves to a system which they have always criticized before. A revolt of the adaptors and bidders. Basically, there are two types of politicians: those who have principles and adhere to them, and those who are more important to opportunism and power. In the case of the seven apostate PVV deputies who break away from…
"A very sad day." Seven MPs are quitting – tired of the one-sided focus on Islam.
Anti-Islam and anti-immigration Geert Wilders is being pressured by a huge defection from his party in the Dutch parliament.
Geert Wilders, the leader of the Dutch right-wing populist Party for Freedom (PVV), suffered an unprecedented setback when seven members of his party rebelled against Wilders' leadership methods and left the group.
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