The extreme right party leaves the coalition government in the Netherlands due to discrepancies in the asylum debate

Chijioke Obinna

The extreme right party leaves the coalition government in the Netherlands due to discrepancies in the asylum debate

The leader of the ultra -rightist Party for Freedom (PVV), Geert Wilders, announced on Wednesday the departure of his coalition government in the Netherlands, a decision that links with the lack of an agreement on the asylum plan, just two days after threatening this step if the authorities did not close the boundaries “as soon as possible.”

“Our asylum plans have not been signed. It does not conform to the agreement (coalition). The PVV leaves the coalition, “Wilders said in a brief message in his account in the social network Xwhich demolishes the coalition executive and directs the European country to an early elections.

Wilders has been critical on several occasions with what he considers as delays in the implementation of the “Strict immigration policy in history” After his victory in the elections held in November 2023 and, in fact, on Sunday he warned that the PPV would get out of the government “if most of the proposals of the asylum plan” presented by their training are not approved.

The ultra -rightist leader presented a ten -point plan with border control measures and migration last weekincluding, in addition to the closure of the borders to all asylum applicants, the return of tens of thousands of Syrian refugees to their country of origin, the closure of asylum centers, the end to family reunification or expulsion from the country and revocation of nationality to people with double passport that commit some crime.

The PVV plan has the partial support of the peasant-citizen movement (BBB), a right-wing party that is part of the ruling coalition, also integrated by the Popular Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) and the New Social Contract (NSC) party, although the formations have not agreed to take it forward despite Wilders pressures.

Chijioke Obinna

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