US EditionSeven Lawmakers Resign From Geert Wilders’ Party in Dutch Parliament
Seven MPs split from Geert Wilders' party, citing authoritarian leadership and strategy disputes, reducing its seats from 26 to 19, altering opposition dynamics in the Dutch parliament.
- 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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Dispute over leadership, strategy and membership system splits PVV - Anadolu Ajansı
In the Netherlands, the group of right-wing populist and anti-Islam PVV has broken apart after the withdrawal of seven deputies.
At the same time, several MPs resign from the parliamentary group of the politician Geert Wilders in the Netherlands. They accuse the Dutchman of "losing any interest in the election" in the election campaign last October.
Group wanted the party, in which Wilders was a single soldier, to be democratic. Leader says the group lives "black day".Vendor of the open elections to negotiate with new force to form a government.
Lawmakers quit Dutch far-right party, citing dissatisfaction with leader Geert Wilders
Seven members of the Netherlands' far-right, anti-immigration, anti-Islam and pro-Israel Freedom Party have split and will form their own group, citing dissatisfaction with his leadership
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