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Dutch politician Geert Wilders said on Wednesday that he is unlikely to become prime minister of the yet-to-be-formed new Dutch government even though his far-right Party for Freedom (PVV) has won the elections.
"I can only become Prime Minister if all parties in the coalition support it," Wilders said on social media platform X. "That was not the case. I would like to have a right-wing cabinet, with less asylum seekers and less immigration."
The PVV won the general elections in the Netherlands by a landslide on November 22, 2023, and negotiations on a center-right-wing majority government started afterward. The talks involved the center-right party New Social Contract (NSC), the rightist People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), and the farmers' movement, BoerBurgerBeweging.
Usually, the largest party in the Dutch elections delivers the prime minister in a majority government. However, this time it's different because both the NSC and VVD have expressed serious reservations about joining a majority government with the PVV.
In mid-February, former politician Kim Putters was appointed as explorer in the second round of the negotiations between the four parties. He was tasked with investigating the most viable form of government.
Putters is expected to present his final report from the second round of the negotiations on Thursday.
(With input from Xinhua)
(Cover: Dutch Party for Freedom leader Geert Wilders makes a statement in the Netherlands, November 29, 2023. /CFP)