Dutch Elections October 2025

[Tidewater]

Geert Wilders PVV (Euro-sceptic, immigration-sceptic) PVV went from 37 seats in the Dutch lower house to 26 seats. 150 seats in the lower house so 76 is a majority.
The center-left (very pro-EU, European integrationist party) also won 26, and lots of other parties won seats.

I am not a spokesman for Ground News, but this also seems like a way to navigate media that comes for varied perspectives.

 

[Tidewater]

The interesting thing is WIlders party tied for first place ("Geert Wilders wins Dutch election!))
and
his party lost 25% of its seat in the lower house ("Geert Wilders' party slaughtered in recent elections!")
Both headlines would be true.

 

[Its On A Slab]

Would this be any indication on Europe's opinion on the aggression East of Poland?

BTW, my rocket surgery brother may be headed to Eastern Poland. Some contract to build missiles for Ukraine.

 

[Tidewater]

Not sure. I am not intimately familiar with Dutch politics, but the Dutch strike me as "morally flexible," so they probably trend extremely liberal by American standards, in both the tradition and current definitions of the word.
Like many polities in Europe, there is a group that is extremely skeptical of uncontrolled immigration and the difficulties of integration of new arrivals and on the other those who see this as not a big problem.
On the other hand, there is one side that see environment concerns as a big deal and are willing to adopt some extreme measures to stop man-made global warming (and sea level rise; this country is called the "Nether" lands for a reason). and others that see that as not such a big problem or feel that the solutions are adopted have been extreme.
Those four groups are not entirely coincident. (There are some who are concerned about both uncontrolled immigration and are concerned about man-made global warning.)
The Netherlands have Proportional Representation, so extreme parties, if they reach a certain threshold, get a seat in the lower house.
The guy making the video is Dutch, and he says Wilders' party showed that they have as much difficulty governing the Netherlands as the other parties, so their support dropped.

 

[Its On A Slab]

Not sure. I am not intimately familiar with Dutch politics, but the Dutch strike me as "morally flexible," so they probably trend extremely liberal by American standards, in both the tradition and current definitions of the word.
Like many polities in Europe, there is a group that is extremely skeptical of uncontrolled immigration and the difficulties of integration of new arrivals and on the other those who see this as not a big problem.
On the other hand, there is one side that see environment concerns as a big deal and are willing to adopt some extreme measures to stop man-made global warming (and sea level rise; this country is called the "Nether" lands for a reason). and others that see that as not such a big problem or feel that the solutions are adopted have been extreme.
Those four groups are not entirely coincident. (There are some who are concerned about both uncontrolled immigration and are concerned about man-made global warning.)
The Netherlands have Proportional Representation, so extreme parties, if they reach a certain threshold, get a seat in the lower house.
The guy making the video is Dutch, and he says Wilders' party showed that they have as much difficulty governing the Netherlands as the other parties, so their support dropped.

My only dealing with the Dutch mentality came when Schering-Plough sold their animal health business to Zoetis, a Dutch animal pharma corp. Their upper management always seemed to have a "What have you done for me lately?" mentality.

I was oh so glad when Merck bought us.

 

[Tidewater]

My only dealing with the Dutch mentality came when Schering-Plough sold their animal health business to Zoetis, a Dutch animal pharma corp. Their upper management always seemed to have a "What have you done for me lately?" mentality.

I was oh so glad when Merck bought us.

Around the EU, the Dutch have a reputation for being really tight-fisted. The old joke is that copper wire was invented by two Dutchmen fighting over a penny.