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Defend America on Thursday, March 04, 2010 6:04:06 PM
The Wilders Momentum
Yesterday’s local elections in the Netherlands
resulted in a victory for the Freedom Party (PVV) of opposition leader Geert
Wilders. On June 9
th the Dutch will again be called to the voting
booths for the general elections. Yesterday’s outcome reinforces the PVV’s momentum,
which may result in a political landslide next June with repercussions all over
Europe.
In yesterday’s local elections – the first ever in
which Wilders’ party, established as recently as 2007, participated – the PVV
became the biggest party in Almere and the second party in The Hague, two of
the country’s major cities. The PVV won 21.6% of the votes in Almere and 16.9%
in The Hague. The parties of the left had mobilized Muslim immigrants to come
out and vote against Wilders. Many of them did so.
The Hague and Almere were the only two municipalities
where the PVV fielded candidates for yesterday’s local elections. The PVV would
also have done well in Amsterdam, Rotterdam and other cities, but decided not
to run there. Wilders is leading a young party which still lacks a solid local
structure. Rather than concentrating on quantity and fielding candidates
wherever he could, even if he was not sure about the candidates’ background and
talents, Wilders concentrated on quality. He could not afford to take the risk
that in the three months remaining until June 9th, local PVV
newcomers might discredit the PVV’s good reputation.
http://www.brusselsjournal.com/node/4342