It is a lot of shock for Dilan Yesilgöz: after excluding the PVV, she drops into the polls, while Geert Wilders wins. Does she get the support of Johan Derksen? “He’s about 15 seats.”
It is one of the most influential opinion makers in our country: Johan Derksen. And that is mainly because today his program Inside has a huge number of viewers. At the end of the summer he returns to the tube, about two months before the parliamentary elections, and then it will become clear whether he is still behind his choice to return to the VVD.
10 to 15 seats
According to TV expert Rob Goossens, Johan’s support is very important. “His opinion can move 10-15 right-hand seats (especially PVV),” he says on X.
It was eventually VVD’s Dilan Yesilgöz who was allowed to join VI on the evening of the cabinet trap. Mediaconner Victor Vlam in The Communicado’s: “At today she was firmly fishing for the support of Johan Derksen. She even called him Mr. Derksen at one point. She really politely did against him.”
What does Johan say?
Johan himself expressed to go for the VVD, after failed trips to FVD and BBB. Yet he also finds Henri Bontenbal of the CDA an option. “Henri is good for the CDA supporters and for the target group he is the right person,” he said recently in VI.
Wilfred Genee then: “Could he be prime minister in your eyes?”
Johan: “I can’t think of something why he couldn’t be.”
“Don’t believe it”
Victor thinks Johan will eventually not support the VVD. “I have to tell you: I absolutely do not believe that Johan Derksen is going to vote for Dilan Yesilgöz. Dilan is both neat and fake and that his two things that Johan hates, so I think he is going to do her at some point,” he says.
“And then of course you have a very interesting dynamic there, because you can create a storyline in today inside: who will Johan will vote on? Let some party leaders come by, make it clear that they might get the support of Johan Memans such as Ingrid Coenradie if she becomes the leader of JA21, for example.”
Coenradie?
Ingrid Coenradie For President? “She has received many praising words in the past today Inside. She has also been a guest there earlier. He could quite be eligible for the support of Johan Derksen. But that can of course be a storyline that finds the viewers of the program interesting.”
And what about Mona Keijzer? “Could certainly be. Yes, of course she is not a party leader. In any case: it doesn’t seem to be rotating, but she is also someone who has been a guest there before.”