Being Dutch I feel like you've explained it really well. It can be hard to keep track and understand the politics of a country you're not living in, so videos like these about any country are more than welcome. I really hope we will get a different coalition. Our parties have the habit of saying they're not willing to work with certain other parties even before the election results are in, this causes big groups of voters to be ignored. It's a problem I hope we will get rid of

@ivvvvvvi

10 ай бұрын

Being unwilling to work with 'certain other parties' is the last thing to consider an issue in Dutch politics. The only parties that are excluded are far-right nutjobs that are clearly incapable of governing anyway - they've shown that much during Rutte I, and the results of a coalition with the far-right in every other country are similar (just look at Finland). It's not like the PVV is even remotely interested in governing at this point - they know fully well that they can't govern.

@martijnkoning3354

10 ай бұрын

No, the last coalitions show why you shouldnt work with some parties. A coalition that is too different ends up making no decisions

@merenwen4495

10 ай бұрын

If you’re talking about ignoring parties like PVV and FVD, I really hope they keep doing that for a long time to come.

@Arjonko

10 ай бұрын

@@merenwen4495 who are they? VVD will collapse now that Rutte has fled the scene.

@risingphoenix02

10 ай бұрын

@@Arjonko Extreme rightwing conservative parties. They are mostly known for their hatred towards immigrants especially Muslims. One of the scary things is how ever that with BBB if they become the largest party will probably make a government with them. But now we will just have to see if they get a big enough part of the vote or not to be able to make such a extreme right wing coalition.

To be honest, I’ve had the distinct impression that Rutte couldn’t really be arsed any more since the last election. This feels like a convenient way out for him.

@j.t.6741

10 ай бұрын

Same impression here. The fact they are going to present a successor this week gives me the feeling they had a candidate ready for a while now

@leandervr

10 ай бұрын

He wanted that record of longest sitting PM and it feels like that was literally the only reason he was still participating in the last election.

@bzuidgeest

10 ай бұрын

@@j.t.6741 They don't have a great candidate ready. Rutte just realized he was dragging a dead horse and quit while at the same time positioning his party for the election. Something any good strategist would do.

@MLWitteman

10 ай бұрын

Some people actually speculate that D66 forced him to step down. The leader of D66, and deputy prime minister, Sigrid Kaag called Rutte on the phone. Telling him that members of her party, and perhaps the entire fraction, would support a vote of no-confidence. This would have forced Rutte immediately out of office. But the way he played it, let’s him stay in office as a caretaker prime minister until well into 2024.

@danielmantione

10 ай бұрын

Getting the next budget through parliament would have been next to impossible without a majority in the 1st Chamber. This would have required major consessions to BBB (biggest party there), but those necessary consessions would be unacceptable to D66. A government without budget cannot spend money on new policies, which is sort of an issue... So if the government would not have collapsed now, it would likely have collapsed within a few months.

And now the real reason: Rutte intentionally dropped the entire thing. There was NO reason to collapse over this and its no mystery that it came as a complete blindside for almost all parties involved.

Its always strange when a long time leader like Rutte steps down. Reminds me of when Merkel announced she’d be going, a long time centre right leader, stepping down after waves of controversies around immigration while the countries main right wing opposition begins to surge electorally

@ShivamGupta-sr9zf

10 ай бұрын

Yup, mass migration can be a coalition destroyer.

@vanCaldenborgh

10 ай бұрын

Comparing a political light-weight without any vison like Rutte with Merkel is almost blasphemous ;)

@tonicornelissen5429

10 ай бұрын

Don't call Rutte a leader. He doesn't like that. It sounded like a person who was in charge of Germany in the second quarter of the previous century. In one aspect I hope Rutte resembles Hitler: Germany recovered after 13 years being ruled by Hitler.

@RealLooktea

10 ай бұрын

@@vanCaldenborgh Rutte was no light weight, the dutch political system is infamously hard to navigate and stay a float in, Rutte was a hard hitter all things considered

@utilitymonster8267

10 ай бұрын

The right winged opposition doesn’t surge really. It just switched to a different party. If anything, it’s a shrink, since the voters went to an almost openly racist party with conspiracy theories to a general populist, but relatively sober party.

I was interested in this video, because it was for me a test to see if TLDR their news was reliable. And it is. The information given is the same information you'll see in the dutch papers I read this morning. They truly do give a shortened, but reliable overview of the current news. Now that I know that their reporting on my country is reliable, I'll be more comfortable seeing what they say about other foreign topics.

@Luredreier

10 ай бұрын

They're usually not far of here in the Nordic region either although there's definitely nuances lost. I think that you can trust them, at least for European news.

@ericconnor8419

10 ай бұрын

It means they get their news from the Dutch media, so it guess how reliable reporting is will depend on how good the local journalists are. It will either be that or Wikipedia they have no journalists on the ground.

@djan71

10 ай бұрын

Well maybe there are other countries they'd be more biased about, I don't know

@OrangeEmperor1861

10 ай бұрын

Generally outside of the US, I find their stuff to be very reliable. I don't like their US coverage though (too many inaccurate things) so I stick to their non-US news.

@lucasrem

10 ай бұрын

The anti Covid lobby was the trigger here, Dutch newspapers are never objective. Papers only feed their own community, that can never can be any objective, readers stop the service or stop buying them in newsstands.

I hope we're not going to make this a regular thing, that anytime we have a difficult issue, the government collapses over it. It is quite inconvenient though, since it's very difficult/impossible to make big decisions with a collapsed government and there are lots of things that require attention at this moment.

@tubecraft5343

9 ай бұрын

Nene!

@purest_evil

9 ай бұрын

Some of those things could've been lessened if your government didn't take fly-brained migrants and carefully screened them instead

@moeite7756

9 ай бұрын

Based and Nenepilled

@frank551

9 ай бұрын

dutch government colapsing happens all the time this is nothing new or something to be afraid of.

@arneloo4976

9 ай бұрын

He did it on purpose

Mark Rutte is the pinnacle of either you die a hero or you live long enough to become villain. He was an improvement compared to Balkenende, but with every election it became worse and worse. Finally we can have a breath of fresh air again, for good or for bad. We will probably get some really bad governments first before we can finally get a good one.

@Milo19970

10 ай бұрын

What he did during covid can't be forgiven! I know numerous business owners that went bankrupt because of his stupid restrictions.

@julianhill5360

10 ай бұрын

@@Milo19970 They were not stupid.

@nonegone7170

10 ай бұрын

@@julianhill5360 Taking measures during covid wasn't stupid indeed. The measures they decided to implement however, were wholly and completely stupid.

@RoderikvanReekum

10 ай бұрын

Balkenende was fine and he was right we do need more VOC mentality! It is a bit before my time but Balkenende had less scandals than Rutte. Balkenende was very stable though not that charismatic but that is not so important for good political policies.

@nonegone7170

10 ай бұрын

@@RoderikvanReekum VOC mentality in the sense of the rich putting the poor to work in squalid conditions, to enrich themselves? Wait, isn't that exactly what we've been doing the past 13 years...

While yes Mark Rutte claimed to have left over immigration, as many politicians in the Netherlands have pointed out there were both plenty of options available (eg. restricting economic migrants of which there were multiple times as many) and much larger previous problems the last year / few years that they were happy to ignore. Chances are immigration is just an excuse and this was a political move of some sort. What exactly his plans are only time will tell.

@ddanenel

10 ай бұрын

i’m seeing people say that right now would be the best time for an election for the VVD, and rutte in particular, since other parties (particularly BBB) don’t really have their affairs in order yet, and the VVD doesn’t have a successor to rutte lined up yet. if that was the plan it seems to have backfired massively though

@MChagall

10 ай бұрын

The economic immigrants benefit the economy because they fill up labour shortages. They are also housed usually by the agencies that hire them as a lot is seasonal work.

@hungrymusicwolf

10 ай бұрын

@@MChagall Sounds great and all, but the economic damage of letting the cabinet fall is easily 10 times greater than any good the 5000 economic immigrants they'd have to deny (that's one number mentioned for the amount of people they expected to be affected by the issue they let the cabinet fall over). So quite frankly, that makes zero logical sense to do.

@mike140298

10 ай бұрын

Exactly, I believe this coalition was doomed to fall this year. However, the reason it fell now instead of September is because Rutte (or the VVD) wanted it to.

@hungrymusicwolf

10 ай бұрын

@@ddanenel Yeah, some opposition parties mentioned that. Though Rutte essentially proved them wrong by stating that he will not be up for election again, I believe even on the same day though I am not quite sure anymore. Anyways, not long after.

Rutte is the longest serving PM in EU after Merkel retired. He's been PM since 2010. In that time we had 5 prime ministers in the UK.

@Kalimdor199Menegroth

10 ай бұрын

Rutte is the longest serving together with Victor Orban from Hungary, who also took over in 2010.

@RunawayTrain2502

10 ай бұрын

And none of them have outclassed that lettuce yet...

@miguelmota5980

10 ай бұрын

Well yeah... but it's the UK. You go through PM's like you go through meals.

@dex6316

10 ай бұрын

@@miguelmota5980I mean they had elected a lettuce to prime minister once. Crazy stuff those Brits can get up to.

@theuglykwan

9 ай бұрын

@@miguelmota5980 Between 1979 to 2007 we went thru 3. It's just since 2016.

he's called teflon mark because non of the scandals during his reign all these years stick to him.

The 2 status system has already been tried in the Netherlands and was abolished in 1992. In other countries, such as Germany this system leads to loads of bureaucracy

@Tinky1rs

10 ай бұрын

Yes, to add context for other readers: The two status system led to many of those falling in catagory B to sue the government, regularly with success. This led to enormous waiting times and a bogged down judiciary system. These issues are now at play in Germany, and is one of the reasons D66 at least was sceptical on reversing back to it.

@GundamReviver

10 ай бұрын

Honestly I'm surprised they haven't implemented a post-nl style two stream system: fast and slow. Fast: you have all your paperwork in order and we don't have to find all kinds of shit out? Step in line. Slow: send us the data first via poat/mail/WhatsApp, whatever. Don't even bother showing up otherwise, of you do we will not house you, go away.

@sebe2255

10 ай бұрын

@@GundamReviverThat would require balls and vision

@alexderpyracc4053

6 ай бұрын

Yet it still exists unofficially

Great reporting guys.

Mark Rutte has been the only prime minister I've known

@purplehaze8557

10 ай бұрын

and a bad one at that...

@Yawnymcsnore

10 ай бұрын

Poor thing

@greyghost2492

10 ай бұрын

Log off and finish your homework, kid

@BarringtonDrive

10 ай бұрын

His predecessors weren't better. None of them really were. Politicians are ideally changed as often as diapers - and for the same reason.

@sten6216

10 ай бұрын

@@mangonel No he wasn't a good one, he single handedly destroyed the care system in the netherlands, also it's rampend censuration, al lot of scandals, and alot of more poverty, while the rich where getting richer...

There is a huge sigh of relief going though the Netherlands. And despair in some quarters, where people are suffering from crises inflicted by Rutte and his governments.

@j.t.6741

10 ай бұрын

Yep. On the international stage he was a good head of state, but within the netherlands it was pretty much constantly us dealing with the consequences of bad decisions he made

@ceesjanmol

10 ай бұрын

@@j.t.6741 and the civil servants that prepared the non-solutions, breaking the law (11 pages of laws broken listed in only one of the crises), who are still there and who will prepare non-solutions for the next cabinet.

@Koozje

10 ай бұрын

yoo dramaqueen He did more good than bad. I am not reliefed, but it is good to have some fresh blood. We will see if the next PM will be better/ worse.

@kuunoooo7293

10 ай бұрын

Rutte was een goei, het doet me spijt dat hij moet gaan

@bzuidgeest

10 ай бұрын

Only in your corner. There is nobody to really replace him. We are still one of the best countries to live in. Until the war in Ukraine poverty and unemployment and such were al going down steadily. I expect that especially if the BBB leader replaces him, we will be going to need to vote again quickly. There are many problems without easy solution. Things that driving a tractor to den haag will not fix. You don't only need intelligence and knowledge, you also need a very strong back. And I for one don't know any politician that has those in the quantities needed. If the BBB win I give them three months or something before their leader has a mental breakdown.

thanks for this! I was waiting for some more info on this😄

You guys are incredibly well informed on our politics. Great job.

One funny thing is that Rutte misspoke when he said that his position is completely subordinate to [the Netherlands]. He actually said that is was completely unsuitable to it. (It was pretty clearly a mispronunciation though.)

@rjfaber1991

10 ай бұрын

I did notice that as well, yes. He meant to say _ondergeschikt,_ but actually said _ongeschikt._

A key note about the BBB (farmers party) is that a vast number of the votes they received in the provincial elections were in essence a 'protest-vote', a vote for the BBB was also seen as a vote against Mark Rutte, so they earned their victory then as a populist party. While they will remain one of the larger players in the general elections, it is unlikely they will replicate that landslide victory.

@the11382

10 ай бұрын

BBB will likely replace CDA over time.

Really good video! I'm Dutch myself and have been following the news closely and it's fairly accurate. It is indeed basically completely useless to look at current polling for an election in November. The Netherlands is always pretty swingy and almost no party has a large stable voting base. It is not uncommon for polls within weeks before an election to change by 10%-points or sometimes even more. Parties can double or halve in size in the polling simply based on tactical voting and new developments. People who always vote for the same party are the exception rather than the rule in modern politics in the Netherlands. There is also the complete wildcard that is the BBB (farmer's party) that won big in the provincial election as a more or less new party. They could reasonably get anything between 4 and 40 seats.

@jimmyver3613

10 ай бұрын

I will be surprised if BBB canget above 10 seats tbh. They had success only because of the farmers but beyond that they really don't have very good points and people to become a big party. Maybe this will change but it also happened to FvD

@MartijnPennings

10 ай бұрын

It will be very interesting to see what BBB will do in the election. If anything, they proved to be good at campaigning for local elections, where lots of people are rooting for their own local farming community. It's something else to do a national election campaign, with national and international policies.

@-haclong2366

10 ай бұрын

Yep, I've voted across the political spectrum over the years, I know very few people that consistently vote for the same party in every election.

Yes, I was waiting for this. Thanks for the video! And good explanation

@longbow857

10 ай бұрын

Cannot blame them for explaining it the way the VVD wan't it to be explained, but everybody can see that Immigration was an excuse from the VVD to make the coalition collapse.

Dutch PM, Mark Rutte resigning over immigration was a clever move. Even if you don't like his policies, he out played everyone.

@123ricardo210

10 ай бұрын

How does that work, he's no longer going to be the prime minister which is what he wanted.

@MrJimheeren

10 ай бұрын

No it’s very cynical and not proper at all. The only reason he didn’t get a motion of discontent stuck on his arse is because he resigned. There is no crisis in our immigration system right now, the numbers are lower then last year and he collapsed a government over it

@jodawgsup

10 ай бұрын

@@123ricardo210 Because the opposition was going to issue a vote of no confidence, or a motion of no confidence. That would've meant Rutte would've been essentially unable to perform his duties as prime minister, leading to him being essentially fired. Now, his coalition is "demissionair" (a demissionary cabinet) which means he will be able to essentially fulfill his position as prime minister for another ~1.5 years, due to the motion being retracted after Rutte announcing his retirement, instead of halting immediately after the vote of no confidence. On top of that, he further lays out a foundation for the VVD to be the future ruling party with a more right leaning coalition. Edit: this latter part is relevant because according to recent polling, the VVD is still one of the biggest parties out there

@mboer4

10 ай бұрын

@@jodawgsup that's not how it works, in three months we have new elections lol

@ddanenel

10 ай бұрын

@@mboer4true but chances are he’ll be accidentally correct on that timeframe since forming a coalition will probably be even more difficult than last time

As a Dutch person, I think this is great.

@BossBasher

10 ай бұрын

Why that

@buurmeisje

10 ай бұрын

@@BossBasher Because Rutte has been a terrible prime minister and I'm happy to see him go. He privitised all kids of stuff, which expectedly made them a lot worse, ruined our universities, so bad that he changed back all the reforms he had made to education like a year ago, scammed innocent parents for money for years, acusing them of tax fraud, when they hadn't done anything. I mean really, he has been a disaster.

@klompb

10 ай бұрын

​@buurmeisje don't forget destroying citizens' faith in our political system with his Rutte Doctrine.

@user-wj5gj9ld8b

10 ай бұрын

As a fellow Dutch man I agree 💯👍

@GwainSagaFanChannel

10 ай бұрын

As a fellow Dutch I do support his foreign policy but his domestic policy is terrible like he does a better job doing that has nothing to do with the Netherlands

Great video!

Great video! I am from The Netherlands, and it was expected that the government would collapse, but that Mark Rutte would step down was a surprise for a lot of people. All the subjects you mentioned will be debated, but I followed the debate yesterday and every party was talking about new leadership and a new political The Hague. I think that the next election will also be about which party and who will be the best to take The Netherlands in that new direction they were talking about yesterday.

@jdjphotographynl

10 ай бұрын

Then again, new leadership has been a theme for several elections already, but what has really changed in that sense?

@vicakolbeek7904

10 ай бұрын

@@jdjphotographynl Now people feel that there need to change something and with Mark Rutte stepping down means that there is going to be a lot of change. There is an end to Mark Rutte and they want to use that to change things. And create a new political The Hague where everything goes faster and smoother.

@jdjphotographynl

10 ай бұрын

​@@vicakolbeek7904 Let me keep it at seeing is believing... ;) Fact remains that we in the Netherlands are as politically divided and splintered up as we have ever been, so chances are very likely you're still going to need at least 4 political parties to form a government. And the more parties get involved, the slower and stickier decision making generally goes. And in terms of having politics more open and transparent, let's see how much of that will be left after the first scandal in a new government has broken out, and the media are on the case like mosquitoes on a hot summer night. The parade is fun and games when everything is going well, but once the shit starts to hit the fan, I want to see if the concerning politicians will still stick with their principles then and keep showing their transparency. If so, respect, but I wouldn't hold my breath for that to happen.

@sebe2255

10 ай бұрын

@@jdjphotographynlExactly nothing will change and people will keep whining about the same issues that are barely adressed

There's a lot more factors that have probably been left out due to the video length limit that make speculations on the next election even more interesting. First off, Mark Rutte was the sole face of the VVD with no real significant politician within the party to follow him up. The other centre-party CDA alienated a lot of their voters by picking liberal-minded Wobke Hoekstra as their party leader while the more conservative, pragmatic Pieter Omzigt definetly was more popular, the latter leaving the party afterwards (which was kinda orchestrated by the ministry). Also Frans Timmermans making a return to the Dutch left (which I think was published after this video) might tilt the scales in their favour. All in all, elections will definetly be shaky this year.

May i say that you said ter apel quite well? First time hearing a foreigner besides a german saying its name

Covered very well! Thank you!

this is a really good video I have to say. thank you for making it.

13 years is quite short. In Russia leaders serve for life time

@RunawayTrain2502

10 ай бұрын

They serve untill they stand to close to their 13th story window.

@rizkyadiyanto7922

10 ай бұрын

could be longer if there is no crisis from russian war. might be longer than xi jin ping or erdogan.

@outerspace7391

10 ай бұрын

The fact thay you had to make it about Russia all over again 🤡🤡🤡

@PAard-ko6ig

10 ай бұрын

The fact that you had to make it about clowns 🤡🤡🤡. Clowns are people too you know

@outerspace7391

10 ай бұрын

@@PAard-ko6ig TRUE, very true actually

Btw there have been only two times where the same party in the polls was the biggest 6 months before the elections and during election night. Those two times are 2003 and 2021 The list is 2021: VVD lead, VVD won 2017: PVV lead, VVD won 2012: SP lead, VVD won 2010: CDA lead, VVD won 2006: PvdA lead, CDA won 2003: CDA lead, CDA won 2002: PvdA lead, CDA won 1998: VVD lead, PvdA won 1994: D66 lead, PvdA won 1989: PvdA lead, CDA won 1986: PvdA lead, CDA won 1982: CDA lead, PvdA won (but didn’t form govt) 1981: PvdA lead, CDA won

@Pindasaus

10 ай бұрын

This gives me hope. I don’t want the BBB to win. They represent 0,3% of people (farmers). It’s a one-issue party but not everything is/should be about them.

@Rosebakker5242

10 ай бұрын

@@Pindasaus same! I hate the fuckers, anti-democratic, anti-minority and anti-rule of law with a touch of defending the big agro business is not my flavour

@Selivio

10 ай бұрын

@@Pindasaus Maybe you should first wait and than read the BBB's election program. After that you should/could decide that it's an one issue party or not. Too easy to say now that they are an one-issue party...

@toraqi8225

10 ай бұрын

@@Selivio This will be BBB's second national election and they already won the past regional election. As it stands based on previous elections they are pretty much a one issue party, I don't see why that would be a controversial statement.

@martijn8554

10 ай бұрын

​@@Seliviothat's like saying we need to wait for the Party for the Animals to show their complete program before thinking of voting for them. They (and de BBB) can write a complete program, but you know that in any coalition negotiations they'll drop everything not related to their single issue. Don't get me wrong, I think the BBB could grow to be more than a single issue party but they're going to have to prove it first.

Great video it is very accurate.

Thanks

Rutte is like a nokia (props if you get the reference) it was great when it came out, and although it still technically works, it is just better to get yourself a new phone to get things done

@Nick-vd7cg

10 ай бұрын

Yeah also the 3210's were able to be thrown off the stairs and it still works, i wonder if Rutte can survive such a fall too.

@owendewaal9805

10 ай бұрын

​@@Nick-vd7cgWell that made me cackle like a maniac out loud, thx xD

@coronaphone710

9 ай бұрын

But those Nokia's lasted... 13 years to be precise 😅 Unlike their fancy new counterparts, but I digress. Maybe 2 terms are enough for leaders and prime ministers all across the globe, now we are all online and have a better view on how our new global orwellian technology actually helps us on a global political scale. I can see online that we all across the globe are actually kind of the same.

I think Rutte did good things and bad things. I had only voted for him once a decade or so ago, and think it's good for the country's politics that he resigns, but I bear no ill will towards him. I do dread an electoral victory for the BBB. It will set the Netherlands a few decades back and won't solve any of our existing problems.

@bleedingflower6078

10 ай бұрын

exactly I understand people want a good centrist party that in this case cares about the famers but I doubt the bbb is a party wee need to be in the lead. I am somewhat biased towards left parties because I believe they have my best interest but even as a centrist I feel like i'd probably believe bbb is not the way.

@merenwen4495

10 ай бұрын

@@bleedingflower6078the problem with left is they’re only focusing on climate change nowadays.

@yourealittlebitfat4344

9 ай бұрын

Mommy someone else that i don't agree with won an election, WE ARE DOOMED!!!!!!!!!

@thierryparte2506

9 ай бұрын

I would go back two decades in an instant 😅

Love the vid

Finally he is gone. maybe FINALLY there can be some actual change. instead of teflon mark just smiling and everyone forgetting all his fuckups and inaction XD

Amazing coverage tldr. I am dutch and follow dutch politics a lot and i can say this video is very informative. Good job :)

@Mosern1977

10 ай бұрын

Cool, as an outsider it is good to know if the news represented are on point, or misses the mark.

@guffeluffe5987

10 ай бұрын

Hopefully you will vote for the farmers party! else ur just dumb

@sebe2255

10 ай бұрын

@@bommelmapping307By leaving?

@sebe2255

10 ай бұрын

@@bommelmapping307 Eh I think most people who don’t vote vvd are mourning his departure lol

@ObscenePizza

10 ай бұрын

@@Mosern1977 Did the "misses the mark" pun (as in Mark Rutte) come about by accident?

I can't believe that all of this is happening while I'm in the country for the first time taking a course on european politics

@normanclatcher

10 ай бұрын

Lucky you. Front-row seat.

@PAard-ko6ig

10 ай бұрын

You should visit Belgium

@boyanandonov6723

9 ай бұрын

Hope the flames of capitalism keep you warm.

@cheswick617

9 ай бұрын

so says a commie bot.

@rohansaxena4751

9 ай бұрын

@@cheswick617 I am a commie but I'm interested in knowing how you figured out 😂

In Canada, media have said nothing. I checked local new stations, and local radio station, not even a peep.

@MeiinUK

24 күн бұрын

Why should they say anything ? This is a Dutch issue. Either if you are a part of the EU, like the UK is.. then you need to know. But if you are in Canada... this is and has nothing directly to do with you. Unless you are their trading partners. This channel has been disputed in UK parliament as well... Cos we have lost good reporting for Europe... KZread, and the lieks of Facebook.. and now Meta.. is ruining European politics. Their so called "immigration" is directly linked to these social media platform.. b ypassing their own immigration laws... And even locals, cannot actually find out who should and should not be allowed to enter. That is atrocious. Even for my job, I have been harassed out of existence, for quite a few roles as well.. Cos I use Facebook.... recruitment agencies, with those so called analytics, meant that as a Brit.. I am being targetted here... This is not on top of so called Chinese hackers.. and even local terroristic... chinese hackers either. So.... It goes on and on and on.

Very good piece, and I say this as a Dutch person

@EGO0808

10 ай бұрын

What makes Dutch people always think they know what is right or wrong?

@johndewit6877

10 ай бұрын

@@EGO0808 We’re really direct when it comes to our opinions. Most people “think” they’re always right, but don’t say it aloud. We do

@EGO0808

10 ай бұрын

@@johndewit6877 I think 'blunt' is the right word in English, rather than 'direct'. The Dutch do not seem to understand how their bluntness is often being perceived by many as either arrogant, or ignorant at best.

@johndewit6877

10 ай бұрын

@@EGO0808 I agree, but the reality is, we are neither of those things. Since we’re used to everyone just speaking their minds, we don’t see being blunt, or rather real, as a problem but as an asset

Its not purely about immigration.. They didn't wanted to fall on the ecologic part. They have to reduce the amount of nitrogen but the actions to solve this is too controversial. To win votes.. they let it fall on immigration..

@GundamReviver

10 ай бұрын

bingo, it was all one big show. mark's government fucked up (again and again) but know voters tend to have the memory of a may fly. so now they only remember this, not the fails, and thus the vvd doesnt crash to the floor like it should.

@armingleiner5292

10 ай бұрын

Both far left climate and mugration pllicy need to be stopped and turned around 180 degrees.

@Jajalaatmaar

10 ай бұрын

Immigration is a pretty huge issue though. More than 50% of new houses built have to be build to accommodate population growth. This population growth is exclusively caused by migration and is higher than predicted. So the housing market is still fcked, especially if you're poor. In addition, switching to full population growth by migration means enormous changes in society as migrants bring different values, customs and needs. So far, this has been ignored for about 30 years by ruling parties (and sadly, by pretty much every left-leaning party in the Netherlands), to the dismay of many voters.

@MasoMaria

10 ай бұрын

@@Jajalaatmaar sure, it is definitely a big subject with a lot of complex problems that a lot of people disagree on. However, the government didn't fall because of disagreement on this subject, it fell because the VVD decided this was the most strategic moment to force new elections. They proposed something they knew their coalition members would never agree with and they did it on a subject that they know can get them some extra points with the voters to their right instead of letting the government fall on another subject that would see their own voters move to other parties. It was strategic, it was smart, but it's also backstabbing your coalition partners and showing that when choosing between our country and their party, the VVD will always choose their party.

@sebe2255

10 ай бұрын

@@MasoMariaYeah but that is always how it works. If the other parties (mainly d66) thought new elections would have been beneficial, they would have voted Rutte out earlier

I am dutch and born and raised in the Netherlands and believe me that much happened which is not mentioned in this video but its a decent basic info video so +1 for that !!

@nightclock626

10 ай бұрын

If you could show me sources to dive deeper into this, I'd greatly appreciate it. Thanks.

@jaspermooren5883

10 ай бұрын

I agree, but they are literally called tldr, so yeah, you can't really expect to get 13 years of politics in detail in a single 10 min video.

@WhiteOwlet

10 ай бұрын

@@bommelmapping307 As a Dutch person who's been living abroad for most of that period, I'm a bit out of the loop. How has the political landscape changed?

@WhiteOwlet

10 ай бұрын

@@bommelmapping307 That's insanely many parties. Are the most extreme parties (PVV, FvD, those tiny leftist ones) still growing fastest, then? Or are there still some relatively centrist parties of respectable size left?

@salami_boi3169

10 ай бұрын

@@WhiteOwlet pvv has stagnated to about 25-ish seats, fvd only has about 2 seats and lost seats to splinter groups like ja21. left has mostly lost seats and have not really been unified, so its good that pvda and groenlinks are working together, sp (socialist party) has been about stable for the last 10 years.

I hope someone like Frans Timmermans will take over the reins of power. He's the only one with the authority and legitimacy to take over from Rutte.

@nonegone7170

10 ай бұрын

Frans ran to EU politics to shout at us filthy peasants from his ivory tower.

Very perceptive and to-the-point analysis about the real reasons the government has fallen

I think it's good that we finally have a change in leadership. 13 years is just too long, there needs to be a limit.

@sebe2255

10 ай бұрын

Why, if someone was popular and did a good job for 13 years why would you get rid of them arbitrarily

@sebe2255

10 ай бұрын

@@IlIlIlIlIlIlIlIlIIlIlIlIllIlIl Personally I agree, but he managed to hold on for 13 years. So a lot of people clearly thought he did a good enough job But I was speaking more broadly. If there was a leader I liked and he kept getting reelected I wouldn’t want him to be arbitrarily forced to quit

@PutsOnSneakers

10 ай бұрын

@@IlIlIlIlIlIlIlIlIIlIlIlIllIlIl People who dont do a good job don't get re-elected for 13 years straight. You must be blind to the majority that kept voting for him to stay in power that long

@raimuu14

10 ай бұрын

@@sebe2255 tell that to Turkey, whose PM turned President (the presidency seat used to be separated and was independent of parties but this guy forced them to merge) has run for 2 decades and has run the country's economics to the ground, with rampant corruption left right and center

@sebe2255

10 ай бұрын

@@raimuu14 Yeah so?

Ah a video about the Netherlands where I live and know the situation always give a nice opportunity to see how TLDR covers it. And every time I'm pleasantly surprised by how neutral and factual it is! So well done!

7:07 - It’s actually funnier, he misspoke, he didn’t say “subordinate to it”, but “my position in relation to that is unfit” Where you substituted unfit with subordinate. (Ongeschikt is unfit, what he said. Ondergeschikt is subordinate, which is what he meant)

I'm scared of what to come

It's long overdue for him to step down. He has made almost criminal decisions and then suddenly doesn't have a recollection of it ever happening. We hope to never hear from him again as he has been lying too much. In regards to the BBB, they are an incapable party that originates from a group that resorted to something you may even want to call domestic terrorism. Hopefully that it will become clear that they don't actually are able to perform anything on a larger scale and will be moved from the political stage completely.

@denizyilmaz5381

10 ай бұрын

Speak for yourself, not others.

@nonegone7170

10 ай бұрын

@@denizyilmaz5381 A majority of dutch people agree with him...

@denizyilmaz5381

10 ай бұрын

@@nonegone7170 he should still speak for himself, or state as a fact (with source) that the majority thinks this way. In addition, the issue has always been that there was no one more capable, and still is, which Ruben is also implying.

@joostvhts

10 ай бұрын

We may not even want to call it domestic terrorism. It WAS terrorism.

@AnymMusic

10 ай бұрын

@@denizyilmaz5381 BBB just is a "fck rutte" party and nothing else. If Rutte didn't have a vision, then the BBB is legally blind

Rutte plays gambit time and again, but this isn't a game of chess it is running a country with people...

@edy8984

10 ай бұрын

Chess is not gambling

@fur_avery

10 ай бұрын

​@@edy8984...do you not know what's a gambit?

6:13 Interesting sign on that tractor.

This might be a bit of nitpicking but you showed a German farmers protest instead of a Dutch one

There has been growing Resistance to Rutte's leadership within his own party as Rutte's time to shine was going down. (More resistance to support certain stuff for example). What kept him on was that there was and still is no clear replacement for him

@xiyition

10 ай бұрын

Quite stupid. VVD has nobody but Rutte. No rutte means no votes for them from the three million boomers who think "oh he's alright"

@outerspace7391

10 ай бұрын

Good. Was about time for the vvd to kick the bucket

@MegaUMU

10 ай бұрын

@@bommelmapping307 Edit: resistance = i mean to his policies and decreasing PM "able" he was. there has been way more noise since last elections as Rutte had more trouble getting his party together. Since last elections he has been critised more openly by party members than b4 as b4 the party was pretty united under him. Also the fall of the Rutte 4 is partially made possible due to the insistence of the VVD party pushing Rutte for a stricter Asylum measurement to tone down the numbers (they have been moving more own their own rather than Rutte setting the tone). Since (atleast for now) Rutte is retiring from (atleast Dutch) Politics he would have less reason to end his PM carreer like this, unless like some rumors said prior to he announced to step down that he aims for a European/NATO job. Doesnt mean his support in his party was low, but thats also due their being no clear VVD succesor to Rutte and the party still wanting to remain united. So the support figure doesnt rlly show the little details like these. He had support but his party didnt (mostly) follow their leader as blindly as before. The fact that the noise surounding a succesor to rutte was being thrown around is also indicative that they are looking for something to replace Rutte.

@MegaUMU

10 ай бұрын

@@bommelmapping307 The pushing for the stricter Asylum is but 1 aspect to why Ruttes hold over his party was less. There has been more resistance than blindly follow Rutte and Rutte had to make more compromises than b4 with his party showing that the party was drifting away from him. 2nd Rutte's leadership was brought into discussion especially since last elections talks about replacement of Rutte was creeping up every now and then. This couldve just been speculation by the media but now its seems to be that Rutte was also considering stepping down was right. If Rutte was fine support for him to remain wouldve been strong, but hes been here for too long causing his party members to worry if the "Rutte Effect" was decreasing (each elections has been less for them was if I remember is also 1 of the reasons the started questioning that). If no noise about replacement heard it wouldve been fine but the fsct that it was being considered showed Rutte's time to lead the VVD was also coming (though at the time just speculation)

As a Dutch person I missed this entire thing and the most worrying thing to me is, who will take over? The other options are not very confident and rutte just has been here for too long

@ysbrandd4908

10 ай бұрын

ik weet niet, we zullen het zien na de verkieizingen!

@nxtlvlnlkr5312

9 ай бұрын

i cant imagine others doing a worse job than the last coalition

@rickvandam3238

9 ай бұрын

@@ysbrandd4908 joh ik zal niet stemmen Ben te dom om te weten wat er toch gebeurt Zolang ik maar een baan heb 🤣

@methos4866

9 ай бұрын

I'm glad that Rutte is gone. The fact that he's been there for so long was the problem and it shows. I vote left and i'm all for helping refugees btw lest you think i'm one of those right wing crazies.

@nxtlvlnlkr5312

9 ай бұрын

@@methos4866 yeah so you're one of those left wing crazies, nice

Loving the new Barnet

I want to just express that this video is extremely well researched and well made! You expressed everything I needed to know and all the stuff I already knew as well. Seeing it condensed down into a format like this is very helpful.

I think one thing that's very important to keep in mind is that Rutte was extremely popular within his own party. With that, it's very unclear who will now become the next leader of the VVD. Historically, the VVD has always had two wings: the centre-right and the right-wing. Rutte was originally from the centre-right, which is why the Rutte administration has always been relatively relaxed on immigration. However, with Rutte gone, it's now possible that the VVD will elect a more right-wing leader, tougher on immigration. This is not only possible, but perhaps likely, as this would ease the cooperation with the other right-wing parties. One thing is clear: the political future of the Netherlands will in terms of immigration and environmental policy be right-wing, putting it on a collision course with EU law and consequently EU membership altogether.

@antimonycup7066

10 ай бұрын

One can hope..

@madafakahakunamatata8269

10 ай бұрын

You are not wrong, but also not entirely correct either. The Netherlands knows that EU membership is needed for survival. So they wont do anything to risk that. Furthermore, more and more EU nations are opposing immigration, so it will translate into a change in policy from the EU aswell. Otherwise they'll be risking their own existance.

@Bram06

10 ай бұрын

@@madafakahakunamatata8269 I concur that leaving the EU would be a tremendously stupid undertaking for the Netherlands. Nonetheless, the most likely coalition after the next election will most likely be fairly eurosceptic. Not hard eurosceptic per se, but certainly more eurosceptic than the average voter. And what I'm basically saying is that the VVD may become more eurosceptic immigration.

@armingleiner5292

10 ай бұрын

Thank God. We need more countries who stand up to the EU suicidal migration and climate policy.

@Just_Flipy

10 ай бұрын

@@Bram06 problem is that its not Europe that is the problem for these right winged parties, the law is forcing them to do these things, and its only getting worse./ their policies wont stand at all and that should be made clear during the election that all of these right winged plans are just that, plans... not actual truths. all of these right winged policies are in the early days of policy... for decades, its just not going to happen. Education is shit because of cutbacks by the right as is infrastrcuture as right wingers pushed for more roads, but this did nothing to solve the issue. and there is no more Rutte to explain these things away with a ralious but stable future, because with him, there was at least the idea that plans from a decade ago, could be pushed and worked on. not anymore and as with parties, never has it been a positive sign when a leader leaves. from D66 to GreenLeft. also the left is more... organised. they have proof their policies work and that they can be implimented right away.

What I find so bizarre is that international law states that refugees should be granted asylum in the nearest safe nation. One can simultaneously pity the people seeking to enter Europe and question why they are in Europe in the first place. It is far more logical for refugees and asylum seekers to go to nearby countries because of a) a closely related culture, b) ease of return, and c) safer routes. I'm left to conclude that some in Europe feel a sort of guilt over Europe's prosperity and therefore feel obligated to admit people in large numbers. This is evidenced by the confusion of words when this topic is discussed. Immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers are not supposed to be synonymous, nor are they supposed to be treated under the same policies. - Immigrants are expected to become permanent and assimilated members of the new society. The host nation has every right to set the type and number of immigrants they admit. - Refugees are normally large numbers of women and children fleeing a disaster or war which may be resolved in the near future. Nations have an obligation to admit them, but they normally go to the nearest safe place, as they expect to return once it is safe. - Asylum seekers are historically small groups of people or individuals who are facing persecution for their beliefs. They are not likely to return to their home nation unless significant political changes occur. They normally seek long term residency in the nearest safe country, although, that may be farther away than that of a refugee. Europe seems to be facing a large number of immigrants who are being erroneously labeled as refugees. Seeking a better economic situation has never been grounds for refugee or asylum status. Also, those refugees who are fleeing war torn areas like Sudan, Syria, Iraq, or Afghanistan have multiple safe countries between them and Europe. The large numbers of young and unmarried men demonstrates that something is not right here.

@MijmerMopper

10 ай бұрын

Over 80% of refugees are in neighbouring countries, in extremely overcrowded camps with insecure (if any) access to clean water, shelter and food

Love the videos but please sort your audio balance out. It's not matched between sections and it makes for a frustrating watch.

Waiting 5 days for this video

Good video, just something I would add: The expected 70.000 asylum applications is a way too high expectation, since we’re currently only at 20.000 for this year.

@shadowsift

10 ай бұрын

Only 20k a year? Jesus christ. I feel bad for the country your grandkids grow up in.

@spudragaming8374

10 ай бұрын

@@shadowsift It will go up since we’re only half way this year, but so far it’s lower than the expected 70K. 20K isn’t a lot, but keep in mind this is only asylum, not immigration as a whole. I’m just talking about this situation specifically. But then again, why do you feel bad for my grand kids (if I would ever get them) due to asylumseekers? I find that kind of a weird thing to say since there are real problems like capitalist greed, but people like you seem to like to always point to asylumseekers as the problem? Especially those that the government collapsed over are just kids who should be able to join their parents, which are really not that many, but xenophobes prefer them to die in a war torn country…

@sebe2255

10 ай бұрын

@@spudragaming8374Asylum seekers and immigration are also a massive problem for a ton of reasons. Like obviously greedy corporations are a problem but so is immigration, especially at the current extreme levels (400k a year in total) when combined with an already existing demographic crisis

@spudragaming8374

10 ай бұрын

@@sebe2255 Can you provide a source? I know last year was a peak due to the war in Ukraine and I guess a little bit also because of the end on travel restrictions due to covid, but not near the 400K. 2019 was a peak at that that time at 108K, covid brought it drastically down in 2020, 2021 recovered to normal levels and 2022 (Ukr war) it was a peak of 200K, which is still half of the 400K you claim.

@sebe2255

10 ай бұрын

@@spudragaming8374 The source is literally the cbs, look again

Could you talk about Spain? You talked about dutch provincial elections and their anticipated elections, but not about Spain, who had autonomous elections and have anticipated the elections

@rizkyadiyanto7922

10 ай бұрын

because spain isnt woke enough.

@losdirectosdetroopa973

10 ай бұрын

@@rizkyadiyanto7922 Why would that be a reason?

@BrightWendigo

10 ай бұрын

@@losdirectosdetroopa973this channel clearly has a left leaning bias

@losdirectosdetroopa973

10 ай бұрын

@@BrightWendigo But that doesn't explain my question

@shadowsift

10 ай бұрын

Super left :(

You either step down from the role of Dutch Prime Minister, or serve long enough to see yourself become a meal.

zo gaat dat, ze hebben 18 jaar op hun postje gezeten, tijd voor pensioen :p in België niet anders

I waited for this one

I think he wants Ursula's job on the EU commission when she goes to NATO

Godspeed

Collapse? Were there any injuries?

It is probably a good thing for Dutch people that apparently he has been in power so long and I barely recognise his name. I wish we had a PM like that. I recognise his face but I could not say a single fact about him, other than he is PM of the Netherlands and he gave some IFVs and AA equipment to Ukraine. You know you live in a stable country when the government can collapse and nothing changes (presumably you don't have the army out in the streets and you still have electricity etc.) and the neighbours don't even notice. Imagine the circus if it happened in America or Britain.

@sudazima

10 ай бұрын

i heard my govt fell from a polish friend of mine lol

@maxdenbreejen9844

10 ай бұрын

Yeah I live in the Netherlands and this is the first time I hear our government has collapsed.

@sudazima

10 ай бұрын

@@maxdenbreejen9844 xD

@Tinky1rs

10 ай бұрын

The only good thing is that on the international stage he was a competent guy. Nationally he's been quite a handful. I don't think much of the internal Dutch shitfuckery is reported elsewhere.

@MijmerMopper

10 ай бұрын

On NATO and EU level he was quite recognizable.

Great Video, nice informative yet compact. If there is a future video about Dutch elections, be sure to include the MP Pieter Omtzicht in this analysis. He is a huge playmaker in the elections due to his trustworthyness and honesty. What he is set to do so far is still unclear, but polls indicate he can move an incredible (read 20+ seats) of votes!

@MxSheep

10 ай бұрын

Unfortunately it's purely speculating. And therefore something journalists are carefull to talk about. First he needs to be on the ballot, than you can discuss the impact it will have. (yes there is a serious chance he can get my vote if he does)

Oh my, it's about my country now.

Sounds like they need to switch to Ranked Voting.

Anyone enjoying the NATO summit too ?

The problem with being able to soothe all conflict - as a superpower, like Mark Rutte has - is that when _real_ problems show up, instead of _fixing_ them, you paper them over. It's the "charismatic CEO" problem writ large. The Dutch government may be one of the best in the world: when something goes wrong, usually it gets fixed. Rutte's supervised an uptick of coverups instead of glasnost. The farmers are the last in a _long_ line of groups to be 'oops'd' without an adequate fix. Only difference is the Farmers got given money by oligarchs, so they got politically active.

Why is your voice volume low?

Didn't a govt collapse happen in Belgium some years ago?

I live in NL, and I've long held the opinion the the position of Duth PM must be.... a really sucky job that nobody wants. Rutte's success appears to be based on pulling some people together, not to be a ideological leader or develop any meaningful policy. Very good unassuming diplomatic skills, useful in the wider EU, but he's essentially been a 13 year caretaker manager.

@methos4866

9 ай бұрын

I'm glad to see him go and i wish he left way earlier. Now i just hope the country doesn't backslide even further to the right more than it already has.

Kinda get the feeling he wanted to quit! From the reports, the other coalition partners were willing to compromise but all of a sudden, Rutte decided to escalate and make threats and make it sound as if they’re the problem. I also sense his party (VVD) might have hand in this, sensing pressure from BBB (famers party) about the nitrogen issue, getting a new mandate from voters while they’re still at the top could proof crucial.

@anddickson

10 ай бұрын

It’s all speculation at this point ! But you tell me !

ah thought it had something to do with tulips....

>_< sharp change in volume at the end

Here is a wild guess: coalition between VVD, BBB, CDA (basically BBB for old people) and ja21.

@findict52

10 ай бұрын

That would be uniquely disastrous.

@Clickens

10 ай бұрын

huilen. einde natuur en klimaat (was al weinig van over maar toch)

@armingleiner5292

10 ай бұрын

​@@findict52This would be the best possible outcome. Climate policy and migration policy needs to be reversed 180 degrees.

@findict52

10 ай бұрын

@@armingleiner5292 Fuck the world and fuck the people isn't actually going to fix anything

@jasonhaven7170

10 ай бұрын

@@armingleiner5292 Kick out the Ukrainians.

Usually when I watch one of your videos it is about some thing or another from another country. It is very interesting to hear how you explain this event from my own country.

For some extra insight: The Netherlands is on a crossroads. We've had an exceptionally high baby boom that provided NL with a lot of labour for the past 40/45 years. Also the feminist working projects in the late 80s and 90s gave our country even more progress in that period. Now the big group is in retirement and that's destabilizing the country a bit. Also, last decades we had mostly central right governments (exept for Balkenende IV, which was central, and Rutte II, although the PvdA/Labour party was quite underpreforming) that were mostly conservative and budget cutting overall. A lot of the government is outdated at the moment and in lots of issues, there is much to do. The Dutch have problems with too much nitrogen compounds all over the line, indeed immigration that is sensitive topic, but also social welfare issues, strutucal budget cuts on all public services, ageing workforce, overexpensive housing with high mortgage debts overall and a great shortage of housing itself, space issues to build them, immigration gulfs of the 60s and 70s that made some cities in NL more immigrant based than the original native population, climate change is of course an issue for the existing of the country as a whole of rising sea levels, as well we are the most polluting energy producing country of the whole EU, we have a largely failing education system, too many high educated people while not enough low educated, natural gas winning in Groningen needs to be stopped (a big money maker for NL), while housing is collapsing there because of the same natural gas winning, and an overall feeling that everything is getting worse in the country. We have the lowest working hours in the world, although one of the highest outputs as well, but it's getting tenuous. All with all: there have to be made major changes and most governments just made budget cuts and low paid jobs to make more work, while the workforce is shrinking. It's a game of kicking the can until someone does the unpopular fixing of it all. Also populism is on the rise since the 90s, making Dutch politics more unstable than it was for a long time. We were a central to right leaning country for a long time, that didn't change much. Rutte reflects that state of conservatism, although he is one of the more liberal of the party, to make the doing nothing and giving big companies more profits more acceptable. In my opinion we have to take a step back in welfare to make our country run better again, but of course, this idea is quite unpopular. Change is scary for our conservative nation as well. There are a lot of problems that need solving and no one really has the courage to do so, afraid for political assassination. That's the negative part of the state of the Netherlands. We have to work more with less people to get running better. But we have to do it and not kicking the can more and more. But that's my humble opinion.

we do not need a government. period.

even though I was not happy with the coalition in power, this is the worste possible moment for it to collapse. It would been much nicer if the BBB in first chamber had had the chanse to show they are incompetent to the public. Now I hold my heart for the next election. Ed: as few others point out, this was not the only reason he stepped down. Dutch politics is has been a mess since i'd say the 2010's.

@RunawayTrain2502

10 ай бұрын

As a Dutchman. I'm starting to get real tired of "The new Right-Wing Reactionary party has won massively" every 2 years. And yess. It's a diffrent party every time.

@kimwit1307

10 ай бұрын

I agree that it is not a good time. I find the direct reason rather inconsequential and there are quite a few large issues that need to be handled/resolved and having 6 months plus however long the formation takes of doing little is not going to help. So much for taking responsebility, but I guess there simply was a lack of trust and cooperation between the parties/people inviolved. In that regard some new faces for those parties might be a good diea. As for the BBB: time will tell how they will function as part of a (provincial) government. What I find the most concerning about them is the fact that they are in essence a lobby for the agro-industry (look at who founded and funded it) that has gotten out of hand. I don't know how well they will do for the next national elections. Since the whole nitrogen-issue is mostly a provincial matter now, I wonder oif they can make it happen elsehwere.

@AnymMusic

10 ай бұрын

BBB genuinely has fck all. All they were, was a "fck the VVD, go farmers" party. Not even the lord knows wth they'd do in power

@ryanoverlay4592

10 ай бұрын

@@kimwit1307 Can you provide more info on who did found and fund BBB? I had trouble finding this out

@joostvhts

10 ай бұрын

@@kimwit1307 BBB will likely be a shitshow, just like how the PVV failed due to just being way too new when they got big. Caroline seems nice but that's about it.

You missed a very big point, an individual man called Pieter Omtzigt that has so many people believing in him. Him making a party on his own would possibly win the election, an he hasn't decided what to do yet. If the man joins the BBB the party will probably win by a huge margin.

@ysbrandd4908

10 ай бұрын

I do not think he could win the election by himself... he got some good points but he needs a solid party with decent politicians to back him up, otherwise he'll have no one to put on the seats he gains and be basically useless.

@woesmaro

10 ай бұрын

@@ysbrandd4908 It will fill up

The quote in 04:25 is somewhat incorrect. At best, it loses part of its strength. Er zijn dingen die je """AAN"" ons kunt vragen, en er zijn dingen die je niet ""VAN"" ons kunt vragen. Which translates into: There are things you can ask (at) us, and there are things you can't ask of/from us. In this case, "Aan" implies that you can always ask someone a question. "Van" means that you really shouldn't be asking the question.

Jack's hair looking fire

@jasonhaven7170

10 ай бұрын

No it's not, and don't use AAVE, White boy.

@VincentAlth

10 ай бұрын

@@jasonhaven7170 you buggin' my guy

@jasonhaven7170

10 ай бұрын

@@VincentAlth White boy, please

@VincentAlth

10 ай бұрын

@@jasonhaven7170 why you chattin' white boiiii

I think personally speaking some of the parties should merge

@bastiaan7777777

10 ай бұрын

PvdA and Groen Links will (are already) merge(-ing), rest are too diverse.

@theuglykwan

10 ай бұрын

Their national list system allows this fragmentation. They could raise the threshold.

@mormacil

10 ай бұрын

They won't, they're separate parties because they feel the others don't advocate enough for their specific ideologies. PvdD split from Groenlinks because the latter focused to much on social issues and not enough of animals. Ja21 split from FVD because the latter was too deep into conspiracy theories. PVV split from VVD for being to soft on immigration and muslims. If anything all their differences became larger not smaller. The only counter to this is the PvdA and Groenlinks which are exploring merging but this has been a really slow process.

@patrickodan

10 ай бұрын

​@@bastiaan7777777 lol no they won't, they have been talking about sticking together on the provincial level but even that isn't working. so them merging is a pipedream. the only way the could merge is if both parties split off a part and those splits merge to form a new party.

@bastiaan7777777

10 ай бұрын

@@theuglykwan Raising theshold is not democratic.

In my opinion he waited 13 years too long to retire.

I wonder what the future will hold for us

He's finally gone. 🇳🇱 Great video. 👏

I’m excited to see how PvdD does, they’ve been polling well and I love their leader and policies. Would love to see them in government

@JaegerDreadful

10 ай бұрын

Remember when half the party left because some people didn't want to be a one issue party anymore and they thought it would crumble the party? Boy were they wrong!

Honestly, this feels like a completely new start. It's all open suddenly. I'm totally involved in the PvdA/GL development and that looks to become a wild ride.

@KillerbyePVP

10 ай бұрын

Nah its time for pvv or ja21, the government should put the dutch people as priority number one and no everyone else in the world

@ysbrandd4908

10 ай бұрын

@@KillerbyePVP ik ga voor JA21 man!

@KillerbyePVP

10 ай бұрын

@@ysbrandd4908 strijder 🔥

@noor5x9

9 ай бұрын

Unfortunately chances are that our country will turn to the far right, and the free world will lose another member

@poopscoop9016

9 ай бұрын

PvdA/GL are top of the polls rn, let’s hope it stays that way

I highly doubt the BBB will do as well in the next general election. their overlap with the PVV and FVD is much too big

Family reunion restrictions seems only fair, because there is just not enough infrastructure to have them just yet. It's egen hard for highly skilled workers with high salaries to find a decent place to live for a sane rate.

I would love to see the SP (the Socialist Party) win or at least become part of a center-left coalition government with GroenLinks and the PvdA due to the SP's focus on class issues but I don't see any way for them to be able to do it.

@sithersproductions

10 ай бұрын

I want BBB to win and stop the insane climate policies

In the last few years, he was facing a built-up of criticism which also made it increasingly challenging for him to navigate the political waters. While it is unfortunate to see him leave, it was probably the most responsible decision to make On a side note, the VVD has already announced that they will announce his replacement in the coming week

Interesting how your poll shows BBB in the lead while all other polls show VVD in the lead. Basicly a reverse between these two parties.

@aidanya1336

10 ай бұрын

Its strange how there are so many more people voting right. VVD always won because they were the only non extreme right wing part. Now they finally have some competition it seem to not have lost many voters to the BBB. I wonder how many people vote BBB without knowing what other stances they have besides for the agricultural sector. I think this will make them drop during the election cycle when people find out.

"Don't help those that would not help you" The Gospel of Thomas Doubting 1-3

@aaronfrogy1465

10 ай бұрын

You colonised them and killed millions

@thomasdoubting2730

10 ай бұрын

@@aaronfrogy1465 If things was the other way around, who would help you?

@aaronfrogy1465

10 ай бұрын

@@thomasdoubting2730 if I was colonised and was poor from it I would look for refuge in a new country, maybe the one that colonised me

@Kalimdor199Menegroth

10 ай бұрын

@@aaronfrogy1465 Colonial times are over for over half a decade. You wanted freedom? Ya got it. But as it turns out you know not what to do with it and still turn to your former masters. At least show some gratitude.

@aaronfrogy1465

10 ай бұрын

@@Kalimdor199Menegroth ya cause ruling a country purely for profit and with no morals for hundreds of years with no centralised government and after a brutal war for freedom finally got it and still with foreign monopolies controlling your recourses is so nice of European colonisers to throw away the country because they don’t turn a profit