Netherlands elections

stek

After a recent trip to the Netherlands during their elections I was very interested after the results.Wilders and the The Party for Freedom an anti Islam party, surprisingly won 1/3 of the seats.
I cant find anything online as to weather they got into power?

ChocolateSauce

I think the parliament is still in the process of talks. In The Netherlands coalition talks take weeks.

Sulmac

Wilders' party (PVV) came third, with 15.5% of the vote (and 24 of 150 seats).

As ChocolateSauce said, coalition talks in the Netherlands can take weeks, even months.

As far as I'm aware, the informateur (person from the largest party - VVD - appointed by the Queen to try and form a stable coalition) has ruled out Wilders' party forming any part of a coalition with them (as have all the left-leaning parties), so it's unlikely he'll get into power.

Some useful links:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Dutch_cabinet_formation

http://www.rnw.nl/english

http://nos.nl/ (if you can speak Dutch, or alternatively use Google Translate)

simonj

Wilders success was a reaction to a lot of failed policies.

Labour and the Christian Democrats split over the CDA's desire to extend the Dutch military presence in Afghanistan - so at least some of their politicians stick by their principals.

Wilders - IMHO - is a Dutch version of Robert Kilroy Silke.

The deaths of Pim Fortein and Theo Van Gough were major blows to the Dutch, and in cities like Rotterdam and Amsterdam the crime rates have - sadly - increased, and a lot of that is associated with Moroccan youths, rightly or wrongly.

Lets hope the CDA, PvdA and perhaps D66 or Groen Links can come together to form a cabinet.