Posted on 03/08/2006 9:05:30 AM PST by ch.man
Yesterday’s municipal elections in the Netherlands were won by the Left. The Labour Party (PvdA) gained more than 500 town hall seats, an increase of 50 per cent compared with 2002, while the far-left Socialist Party (SP) doubled its number of seats. The Christian-Democrat CDA of Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende and his government coalition partner, the free-market Liberal VVD, suffered heavy losses. Yesterday’s result does not bode well for the Right in next year’s general elections. If the result in 2007 is the same as yesterday’s the PvdA will gain 49 of the 150 parliamentary seats, while the CDA – currently the largest party – will lose 13 of its 44 seats. A government of Labour, the SP and the extreme-left Groen Links (Green Left) Party could replace the current center-right government, leaving the Netherlands with a radical-left coalition similar to that of Norway today.
Today the center-left newspaper De Volkskrant writes that the immigrant vote has tipped the balance in favour of the Left. This should not come as a surprise. All across Europe, immigrants tend to vote for the Left. The Left is perceived to be the welfare state’s Santa Claus. Most of the immigrants who came to Europe during the past decades were attracted by the generous welfare benefits which Western Europe lavishly bestows on the “underprivileged.” Today, owing to their demographic growth, the immigrant vote is increasing as more and more young immigrants reach voting age. In many countries the Left has begun to cater for the immigrants, aware that the immigrants guarantee their power.
According to the Institute for Migration and Ethnic Studies of the University of Amsterdam 80% of the non-indigenous electorate voted for Labour. This explains why cities such as Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Breda and Arnhem succumbed to the Left. 84% of the Turks voted for the PvdA; 81% of the Antillians/Surinamese did likewise. Of the Moroccans 78% voted Labour and 12% voted Green Left.
The center-right VVD, the party of famous Dutch policians such as Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Frits Bolkestein, received only 1% of the immigrant vote. The CDA got 3%, the SP 5% and Green Left 7%.
According to De Telegraaf, the largest paper in the country, immigrant voters have become a power block.
The effects of the immigrant vote will soon be visible. The Amsterdam borough of De Baarsjes has already decided to remove a white cross which serves as a memorial to the Second World War. The cross is situated not far from the place where a mosque is being built. According to the authorities “Muslims and Jews” take offense at the cross as a war memorial. “We told them that it is a Dutch tradition to refer to the dead with a cross. However, the cross is seen as a reference to Christianity. I can understand this,” the local (Christian-Democrat) councillor, Jan Voetberg, said.
Coming to a city near you.
Leftists enabled by their executioners. Nice.
This does not reflect well for the open border policy of the United States government.
Good afternoon, Hill of Tara.
Check this out!! Muslim votebanks in the news again.
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Yikes! This is series.
When the immigrants are in power they will vote to throw the doors wide open to yet more immigrants.
And what will happen to the white Dutch population?
They have shot themselves in both feet.
Our own Liberals are counting on this trend too.
Looks like the happy Dutch just had their country taken away.
Have the Dutch tolerated themselves to death?
Imagine the splinters from their wooden shoes!
They had it taken away long ago. What they consider "right wing" there is still very socialist.
They've just sped up the process a bit. When dhimmitude payments exceed their GNP the place will fall apart. They can fight for themselves this time around if they want their country back.
democRATS in this country want felons to vote.My guess is that fellow travelers in Europe want their muslims to vote for pretty much the same reason.
The whole true heritage of Europe is an insult. Only when Europe becames EUrabia and all traces of Christianity are erased the insult will be gone. Like in Kosovo.
The Arsenal of Democracy call center may be closed.
It looks like.
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