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Shock Poll: In the Netherlands, Geert Wilders' Party Smashes Rivals
PJ Media ^ | 02-03-2017 | Michael van der Galien

Posted on 02/03/2017 1:30:03 AM PST by Michael van der Galien

Some thirty parties will compete with each other for the favor of Dutch voters on March 15. Because there are only 150 seats in the Dutch Parliament, the largest party will not be able to get much more than 35 to 40 seats. The favorite right now to become the largest party in parliament is Geert Wilders' Party for Freedom (PVV).

A shocking new poll has been released in the Netherlands. According to Kantar Public, PVV has opened a large lead over the second largest party in the polls, the VVD, which is currently part of the governing coalition. This makes Wilders the absolute favorite to succeed current Prime Minister Mark Rutte as the political leader of the country.

According to the Kantar Public poll, the PVV would get 35 seats in the 150-seat Dutch Parliament if elections were held today. By Dutch standards, that's an impressive result. This is especially true because of the significant gap between PVV and the VVD. The party led by current Prime Minister Mark Rutte wold have to settle for a mere 22 seats, 19 fewer seats than they currently occupy.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: europe; geertwilders; immigration; islam
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1 posted on 02/03/2017 1:30:04 AM PST by Michael van der Galien
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To: Michael van der Galien

Can someone put this into English :)

Is this good?


2 posted on 02/03/2017 1:50:11 AM PST by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: dp0622

Sounds like he is their Trump from reading the article.


3 posted on 02/03/2017 1:54:17 AM PST by right way right (May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our one and only true hope.)
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To: dp0622

Geert Wilder: “I am very happy, very surprised, with politicians like Donald J. Trump. You know, it’s a kind of refreshment, a fresh air in a room where the windows have been closed for too long.”

Wilder will be an ally with Trump in the war against the savages.


4 posted on 02/03/2017 1:58:49 AM PST by jonrick46 (The Left has a mental illness: A totalitarian psyche.)
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To: right way right

You read an article at the link?!?!

That breaks EVERY rule and standard that we have as FReepers!!

Sometimes I make a post without even reading the threat TITLE1

You should be investigated :)

I open about 35 percent of the links.


5 posted on 02/03/2017 2:00:10 AM PST by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: jonrick46

It’s like the Magnificent Seven :)

First England with BRexit

The the US with Trump

Putin talking all crazy about how western values are disappearing (dont worry, I dont trust him, but with God one never knows)

Marine LaPenne (I dont know if that’s spelled right or if she has won office yet)

Now this guy.

All fighting against the NWO

cue tune... :)


6 posted on 02/03/2017 2:03:31 AM PST by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: dp0622

I open them all and then click on every click bait I can.
I won an Iphone today. All I had to do was give them some personal info.


7 posted on 02/03/2017 2:06:11 AM PST by right way right (May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our one and only true hope.)
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To: right way right

lol.


8 posted on 02/03/2017 2:07:09 AM PST by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: dp0622

Actually this guy was first of all those you mentioned.

Do a search on his name.


9 posted on 02/03/2017 2:13:59 AM PST by MrEdd (MrEdd)
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To: dp0622

The Netherlands has a strict proportional system for the 150 seats in its parliament.

This has been the case since 1918.

The polling shows that while the “Party of Freedom” led by Geert Wilders is leading with 35 seats, it will not be enough to get a majority (76 seats).

Politics has been that way in the Netherlands forever.

Parties have to form coalitions with other parties.

Wilders leading is good but of course remember after the March 15th election its quite possible the other parties will go ahead and form a coalition without Wilders and the Party of Freedom.

There’s been a scandal in recent weeks involving the VVD Party of the Prime Minister, Mark Rutte.

No wonder his party is down to 22 seats in the polling right now.

The PVV has consistently led in the polls. It was back around 29 seats in polls a week or two again.

Now its gained to 35 seats.


10 posted on 02/03/2017 2:24:21 AM PST by Nextrush (Freedom is everybody's business: Remember Pastor Niemoller)
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To: Nextrush

So this actually might or MIGHT NOT mean anything, I assume.

If 76 lefties get together, they’re screwed?


11 posted on 02/03/2017 2:29:43 AM PST by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: Michael van der Galien

This might be a shock to liberals and globalists, but it’s no surprise to me.


12 posted on 02/03/2017 2:30:10 AM PST by Fresh Wind (Hillary: Go to jail. Go directly to jail. Do not pass GO. Do not collect 2 billion dollars.)
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To: Michael van der Galien

Polls are worthless the world over.


13 posted on 02/03/2017 2:51:36 AM PST by Red in Blue PA (war is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength, obama loves America)
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To: dp0622

It’s good - He’s anti-immigration and anti-multicultural. Was arrested for saying something to the effect that islam was a violent movement.


14 posted on 02/03/2017 4:09:56 AM PST by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
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To: Michael van der Galien

Is the Netherlands still overwhelmingly pro-euthanasia?


15 posted on 02/03/2017 4:12:52 AM PST by Theodore R. (Let's not squander the golden opportunity of 2017.)
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To: dp0622

If 76 lefties get together, they’re screwed?


Yup


16 posted on 02/03/2017 4:13:28 AM PST by samtheman (Trump won bigly. Trump governs bigly. His critics don't get bigly.)
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To: Michael van der Galien

Politics makes strange bedfellows.

In Netherlands, Wilder’s Party of Freedom should emerge as the largest single party but without good prospects of forming a majority coalition.

The two center-right parties - the Dutch People’s Party of Prime Minister Mark Rutte and the Christian Democratic Party - have ruled out joining with the Party of Freedom, but could maybe organize a majority coalition “of the center,” or else rule “with the support of” the Party of Freedom.

Regarding the left-wing, all of them put together will be less than 50 percent of the next parliament.

In many countries, the left-wing is imploding. The communists and other nutballs are going radical and the center-left is losing relevance.


17 posted on 02/03/2017 5:13:35 AM PST by Redmen4ever
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To: Michael van der Galien

Geert’s been rattling the socialist PC pussies there for some time now. Recently tried in court for ‘speech crime’ for speaking against violent muzzies. The real men ad women in NL hear him like we heard Trump.

Go Geert!


18 posted on 02/03/2017 5:14:23 AM PST by polymuser (There's a big basket of deportables.)
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To: dp0622

Add Germany where Merkel has a challenger.
Hungary and Poland are staunch against Soros. Oh, and I think I read Romania is also rebelling?

UK Parliament approved Brexit process.


19 posted on 02/03/2017 5:19:29 AM PST by reformedliberal
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To: dp0622

I keep throwing the numbers around in my head to figure out how Wilders could lead a coalition.

In 2010, by the way, the PVV won 24 seats and Wilders helped support the Mark Rutte led VVD government but did not ask for cabinet posts.

The VVD government collapsed in 2012 because it imposed austerity measures like cutting spending and raising taxes.

This hurt the VVD and parties that supported it like the PVV.

The Netherlands has quite a wide variety of parties like Labour and Socialist and Christian Democratic Alliance and 50 Plus, also the socially liberal D66 Party which takes its name from year of its formation, 1966 in the “Swingin 60’s”. They are at 17 seats in the latest poll.

50 Plus is polling at 10 seats right now.

The more liberal evangelical Christians of the Christian Union are polling at 5 seats and the more conservative Christian group SGP is at 4 seats.


20 posted on 02/03/2017 5:28:44 AM PST by Nextrush (Freedom is everybody's business: Remember Pastor Niemoller)
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