Netherlands wtf?
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- tomkat
24 of 150 seats for an anti-islam party? seriously, wtf? 1,5 million votes?
- spraycan0
People who think being anti islamic will pay the debt
- OBBTKN0
Sad to see the history repeats again, again, and again...
- Continuity0
This has building up for some time, though. Pim Fortuijn was known - among of things - for his pretty strong views on Islam, in those days.
(He's rather quite dead, now.)
- casparclaasen0
Making us Dutch look just as stupid as the French (Front National), the Belgians (Vlaams Blok a.o.) and the Austrians (Haider, the dead gay fascist)...
- Continuity0
Every country has its fair share of right-wing freaks, Caspar. Canada's ruling party comes to mind ...
- omgitsacamera0
Eradicate the minarets™
- lowimpakt0
What European Countries don't have a strong far-right political party?
I know Ireland and Spain don't
Belgium - Vlaams Belang, Flemish Block (VB)
Austria - Freedom party (FPO)
UK - BNP, UKIP
poland - LPR
Bulgaria - Атака
Danish People's party (DPP)
Portugal - Popular party
Norway - Progress party
Swiss People's party
Italy - Northern League, National Alliance
France - National Front (FN)
Greece - Hellenic Front
Germany - Republican party (REP), German People's Union (DVU), National Democratic party (NPD)- Spain got sectors on it´s Popular Party that are waaaay far-right, and Falange and...OBBTKN
- And without metioning the far-righteous Church, Opus Dei.. etc. They´re not political parties, but are more influent than politiciansOBBTKN
- ... than politiciansOBBTKN
- And we can talk long about the Judicial System, the real absence of independence of states structuresOBBTKN
- But there is no a LARGE far-right party... there are toons of "small" far-right political entitiesOBBTKN
- AmenOBBTKN
- Half of Spain is far right anyway...RW
- eating_tv0
Yeah I'm not too keen on these either. Luckily the social-liberals I voted for (D66) did very well, aswell. Not well enough, probably. Damn.
- If it's a hung parliament, it's not too bad; it prevents extreme policy-making in either direction.Continuity
- Cactus0
- fighting hate with hate?lowimpakt
- I think it's fighting hate with fear.WrappedInBooks
- RW0
Remember guys, going against an ideology is a million miles away from disliking someone based on their skin colour. Speaking out against the spread of islam is not racist and in certain parts of Europe, it's a genuine worry. The vote result doesn't mean that one sixth of the Netherlands is far right.
- Bam0
@RW: True, but in difficult economic times, in which Europe plays an important role, it can be dangerous to vote for far-right parties, who usually are against the notion of a European Union.
Over here we have the "Vlaams Belang", who are only talking about solving the problem by throwing everybody out of the country. In times when we have to join forces, live together, talk to eachother, everybody starts talking about splitting countries and voting against Europe. That's not solving anything. They're not actually DEALING with the problem. As in Belgium, the Dutch right-wing parties are not being constructive and hard to discuss with.
All I wanted to say is that without thinking about creative solutions or without being positive/progressive, nobody wins nothing. We'll end up going backwards.
- RW0
@Bam, no doubt... I get you and I wouldn't have voted for the likes of him - but I fear sometimes that people over-simplify matters. Disliking Islam as an ideology doesn't offend me. General right-wing views do offend me - but I can see a clear distinction between the two. I feel you on being postive / progressive and moving things on.
- Bam0
@RW: I understand what you are saying. But that very message gives a wrong sign to a lot of people. "Disliking" is politically just not being very constructive. And, to many, even offensive.