More about facilities later. First time for the next question: What is the mood in Drenthe? Are fellow provincials even looking forward to the elections? Our political reporter duo on duty parks the ballot box on the market in Emmen and gauges the voting fever.
A large number of visitors there fully intend to vote. “Certainly, because I think you should use your right to vote,” says a woman in a brown coat. But then the question remains. “I’m actually always for GroenLinks,” says another woman. “Especially for the environment and the minorities. But now PvdA is joining and I just hope they make the best of it.”
Some people postpone this choice until the last day before the elections. When reporter Stijn Steenhuis asks a man with glasses to make a choice, he says: “Gosh, now it’s getting difficult. Should I answer honestly? I think it’s a mess.” Another man added: “I’ll be very honest with you: I have no faith in politics.” Will he go to the polls tomorrow? “Yes, otherwise you should keep your mouth shut.”
The concept of facilities is quite broad. You see in party programs that political parties look at this differently. We presented the following statement to them in the KiesKompas: The government should spend more money on facilities in the region, even if there is less money for facilities in large cities. Parties can choose between strongly agree, agree, neutral, disagree, strongly disagree or no opinion.
BoerBurgerBeweging (BBB) completely agrees with this and fights for the preservation of swimming pools, ATMs and village festivals in the area. Just like the Christian Union. He believes that we should have a basic level of collective facilities to keep everything livable. BVNL, CDA and Volt also fully agree with the statement. And D66, NSC, PvdD, VVD, SGP, 50PLUS and JA21 say they agree.
SP, GroenLinks/PvdA, Bij1 and Party for Freedom are neutral. But there are also parties that disagree with the statement. For example, Forum for Democracy is willing to spend money on facilities in the region, but not at the expense of facilities in the rest of the country. And DENK mainly looks at culture in this story. That party believes that there is no need to make cuts in large cities in order to get more cultural facilities in the region.