Geert Wilders: More votes, but not enough

 

Netherlands suffers from the paradox of having a leader that has more than 30 per cent of the votes, but not enough votes to become Prime Minister.

The electoral system makes it practically impossible to become Prime Minister without having a coalition to back up a given candidate.

If no political party is willing to enter a coalition to support Geert Wilders then the only solution will be a Prime Minister that has less individual support in the country as long as he can count on the support of smaller parties.

Even with a ballotage system like the one applied recently in Argentina, Netherlands could end up with a Prime Minister that would have to negotiate every step of the way to get legislation passed.

The idea that Netherlands is moving towards the right is extremely premature. In fact, electoral results tell us that the country will be embroiled in endless negotiations and delays.