Parliamentary Elections in the Netherlands
The Netherlands will hold parliamentary elections on October 29. The government of Prime Minister Dick Schoof lost its majority in early June after the far-right PVV, led by Geert Wilders, left the coalition.
Recent events in the country have highlighted the contrast between the political landscape. On September 20, fascists rioted in The Hague after an anti-immigration rally, intimidating people of color and vandalizing the office of the social-liberal D66 party.
- Nazi salutes were displayed alongside orange-white-blue flags associated with the Dutch National-Socialist Movement.
- Some individuals carried flags of the colonial East India Company, the VOC, showing the connections between fascism and colonialism.
A quarter of a million people marched through Amsterdam on October 5 to show solidarity with Palestine.
A growing far-right movement is present in The Hague, with significant implications for the country's political future.
Author's summary: Elections in the Netherlands amid rising far-right tensions.
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