Future Prime Minister of the Netherlands calls on Turkish citizens to elect a new president

Future Prime Minister of the Netherlands calls on Turkish citizens to elect a new president

Kyiv  •  UNN

 • 23461 views

Geert Wilders, the future prime minister of the Netherlands, calls on Turkish secularists to elect a new leader. His far-right party won 37 seats in parliament and is facing coalition problems.

Dutch far-right politician Geert Wilders called for the election of a new leader of Turkey by citizens, who "support secularism". This was reported by Bloomberg, according to UNN.

I won the elections in the Netherlands. And I want the citizens of Turkey, who support secularism and Kemalism, to elect a new leader who can win the next election,

- said Wilders, who won the election on November 22.

Details

Wilders has long called for to restrict Muslim immigration to the Netherlands. He has previously criticized Erdogan and called for the election of a new Turkish leader who would stop the influx of more Arabs into Turkey, protect Turkish women, and support the working class. women, support the working class and end corruption.

Erdogan defeated Turkey's pro-enlightenment party earlier this year, and his 20-year rule has entered its third decade. The next presidential elections in Turkey are scheduled for 2028. At the same time, Turkey's main opposition Peoples' Republican Party has already elected a new leader ahead of local elections in March.

Wilders, who won more seats than any polls had predicted, is currently in talks with three other parties to form a right-wing coalition with him as the next prime minister of the country. While the four parties are likely to reach an agreement on reducing migration, topics such as aid to Ukraine, cooperation with the European Union and climate policy could complicate the negotiations. Recent opinion polls indicate growing support for Wilders' Freedom Party.

Recall

Wilders won 37 of the 150 seats in the parliament with his right-wing radical Freedom Party (PVV), after which he planned to to form a coalition with the centrist NSC party and the right-wing liberal VVD party of outgoing Prime Minister Mark Rutte. However, the VVD has already refused to participate in the government, making it difficult for the 60-year-old Wilders to find a stable right-wing majority. a stable right-wing majority. At best, he can now aim for a minority government. minority government, besides, as Wilders himself noted: "forming a government could take months to form a government".