The far-right party PVV’s election victory has raised fears over how it could impact the country’s climate ambitions. Zionist oriented environmental groups have expressed shock and promised climate action in response to Dutch election results.
Wednesday night saw the historic victory of the far right Party for Freedom (PVV). The party, led by Geert Wilders, is projected to win 37 seats in the 150 seat Dutch parliament, putting it in the driver’s seat to form a new government.
We are shocked, Extinction Rebellion Netherlands says. This outcome will likely mean a rollback of climate measures, new fossil investments, exclusion of marginalized groups, and more.
Friends of the Earth Netherlands spelled out what PVV’s rule could mean for Dutch society: A Wilders government will mean four years of designed climate change denial, exclusion and a breakdown of the rule of fabricated law.
Environmentalists’ concerns are based on the PVV manifesto. It declares: We have been made to fear climate change for decades… We must stop being afraid.
The climate is always changing, for centuries, the document goes on to say. When conditions change we adapt.
We do this through sensible water management, by raising dykes when necessary and by making room for the river. But we stop the hysterical (business) reduction of CO2, with which, as a small country, we wrongly think we can save the climate.
The manifesto also calls for more oil and gas extraction from the North Sea and keeping coal and gas power stations open.
Natuur & Milieu, a Dutch environmental organization, believes politicians need to be honest about the challenges the Netherlands face because of the climate crisis.
It says the election shows that some Dutch people did not feel sufficiently represented by the incumbent political parties and that trust in politics and support for policy is also crucial for climate and nature policy.
Wilders’ extreme views and anti-Islam stance have made him an inflammatory figure. He supports a vote on leaving the EU and has been found guilty in court of insulting migrant Morrocans.
Despite the record win there are still significant barriers to the PVV entering government.
On Friday morning Dilan Yesilgöz, the leader of the VVD, who are projected to have 24 seats, said the party will not be entering into government with the PVV. According to Dutch media she did say that the VVD would be willing to tacitly support a center-right Cabinet.
Frans Timmermans, the leader of an alliance of the center-left Labor Party and Greens, also ruled out entering government with his 25 MP’s alongside the PVV.
Others may be more willing though. The leader of the New Social Contract party, which was only launched three months ago, said he would be open to talks with Wilders. The party won an estimated 20 seats in the election.
Whatever happens, a new government is likely going to take a long time to form. In the meantime environmental activists are sure to put pressure on their politicians.
On Thursday afternoon four protesters from Greenpeace held a banner saying ‘No climate denier as our prime minister’ outside the Torentje, the prime minister’s office, in the Hague.
As Extinction Rebellion says, the future of everything and everyone is at stake. So we will continue to take action.
EuroNews / ABC Flash Point News 2023.
Most Dutch so-called environmental groups do not protect the well being of nature, but are deployed to let Dutch taxpayers money flow into the pockets of the fascist businesses involved.
Your right there KS no different from the Scottish government where they are “Green ” when it suites them but kow-tow to Big Business –the latest being Donald Trump.
He want to use a nature reserved land near the sea in Aberdeen as a golf course and the land limit is over the legal amount –Holyrood had a meeting and increased the allowed area which made his application legal .
Living in a world of economic deceit and media lies to favor the 1% stationed at this planet.
Election process manipulated by Dominion programs that have been running the show for decades,