The media in Germany and Belgium are today paying attention to the provincial elections in the Netherlands and the victory of the BoerBurger Movement.
“Historic and unprecedented”, VRT Nieuws calls the victory of the “farmers’ party”. VRT journalist Jeroen Reygaert followed the elections in The Hague. “It’s actually not that difficult: everyone loses and the BBB is the outspoken, historical winner of the Dutch elections,” he analyses.
De Morgen speaks of a “monstrous victory” by BBB, which brings Prime Minister Rutte’s government into “an atmosphere of crisis”. The fact that Rutte’s VVD is holding out is “little consolation”, according to the newspaper.
The Rheinische Post calls the gain of the “right-wing populist BoerBurgerBeweging” a defeat for the government that threatens the stability of the coalition.
The German news agency dpa states that the “voter’s fury” has given Mark Rutte’s cabinet “a dramatic beating”. According to the news agency, the stability of the government is in danger.