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To: pgkdan
He never had a shot at a clear majority, which is what it would take for his party to form a government since every other party publicly pledged that they will never be part of a coalition with Wilders party.

He had a shot at becoming head of the party with the most seats. As such he would have been asked to form a government. That would have been a win. As it is now people are saying he really won because his party picked up seats. Well the Democrats picked up seats last November. That didn't make them winners.

16 posted on 03/16/2017 6:33:00 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: DoodleDawg
He had a shot at becoming head of the party with the most seats. As such he would have been asked to form a government. That would have been a win.

He would not have formed a government. Every single party has announced that they would not participate with him in forming a coalition government. His win would have been significant as a demonstration that the Dutch people have had enough and demand change, and that might have had an impact on whatever government eventually was formed but he wouldn't have formed a government. The other parties hate him at least as much as the democrats hate Trump.

19 posted on 03/16/2017 6:39:05 AM PDT by pgkdan (The Silent Majority Stands With TRUMP!)
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To: DoodleDawg

First, the Democrats did not pick up seats last November. Second, even if Wilders had controlled 40% of the seats, which was the highest pre-election prognostication I have seen, that would still have left him unable to form a coalition government as all the opposition parties announced pre-election that they would not support Wilders to form a government. No one expected him to take power. This was a victory, but the war continues.


25 posted on 03/16/2017 7:51:12 AM PDT by burghguy
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