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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I read today that he also ran on a promise to halt aid to Ukraine.
I think Europe is tired of helping other countries…[/quote]

Nah - there is broad support for supporting Ukraine - people know the stakes for Western Europe are high …

“In the Netherlands there is broad support for our help to Ukraine," Ollongren told reporters on Friday. "I hope and expect this will not change in the new parliament. But the PVV is now the largest party and they have never been enthusiastic about support to Ukraine. They have even been pro-Russia at times.1 day ago
https://www.reuters.com › europe

Dutch minister says she hopes aid to Ukraine will continue despite ... - Reuters[/quote]

So you agree that he is, in fact, anti Ukraine help? [/quote]

He may be but he only won <25% of seats and there is broad support for Ukraine in the Netherlands as in most of EU. Wilders can’t even form a coalition government for now as none of the other main parties want to work with him on his extreme agenda. He will need to negotiate for a very long time to form a coalition government and I imagine this is one area where he will need to compromise. [/quote]

Okay, I thought the fact that he won meant fairly broad support for the sentiment “enough helping Ukraine”. 
Just was curious. [/quote]

He won the most seats of any single party but only a quarter overall - The Netherlands has many parties and none of the other major parties want to work with him so it will be hard for him to form a coalition.

A majority of Dutch people support Ukraine so I don’t see how he can hope to scrape together a coalition government eventually without conceding that one.

He probably needs to focus more on affordable housing if wants more support.  [/quote]

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