The Haag (dpa -AfX) – The Dutch right -wing populist Geert Wilders has confirmed his threat of leaving the government coalition in the Hague if his demands for a mercilessly tough course in asylum policy are not met. Millions of Dutch expected the implementation of a corresponding ten-point plan of his party for freedom (PVV), Wilders wrote on Sunday on X.
The PVV boss added: “Let me be very clear: If the majority of our suggestions from the ten-point asylum plan do not take over (and thus added to the coalition agreement) and the government will not implement it as quickly as possible, the PVV will escape from this coalition.” Wilders placed the threat shortly before consulting the four-party coalition on the PVV claims that were scheduled for Monday evening, according to the ANP news agency.
Wilders wants to send Syrian refugees back
The PVV, the strongest force in parliament since the recent choice, demands the closure of the limits for all asylum seekers. If necessary, the army had to be used to control the borders, Wilders explained a week ago when the plan was presented. Tens of thousands of Syrian refugees should be sent back to their homeland and asylum centers should be closed. In addition, Wilders calls for an end to the family reunification for recognized refugees and the designation of delinquent people with double nationality, whereby the Dutch must then be revoked.
There are support for these demands in the government coalition partly by the populist party BBB. The right -wing Liberal VVD and the Center Party NSC are critical of them. One would be much further, explained the VVD, if the Asylum Minister Marjolein Faber belonging to the Wilders Party had delivered the “structural solutions” that were agreed in the formation of the coalition./Pau/dp/he