Dutch General Election 2006

lionhead · **Thu Nov 23, 2006 7:48 am Dutch General Election 2006**

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_general_election%2C_2006

i voted for SP, i hope the new cabinet will be a CDA-PvdA-SP coalition.

I'm so glad VVD has been beaten. Unfortunately now Geert Wilders has 9 seats, and i think Geert wilders comes close to National Socialism.

We can now discuss politics.

Birdy · Socialist Joined: 20 Sep 2004 Posts: 13502 Location: Here.

Yeah, I voted the Socialist Party as well.

I so hope that'll be the coalition.. Although I think it'll be very hard, cuz CDA and PvdA don't really get along.. but maybe SP will be a stable factor.

Yeah, but Geert Wilders will just be in the opposiotion, he won't be in the coalition.. If you saw that debate last night, the last one? None of the other partys wanted to work with him

Admiral Dani�l · **Thu Nov 23, 2006 11:44 am**

CDA won again *sigh*...
I'll hope PvdA will make a coalition with SP and some others... at least I don't want Balkenende premier again, I say Wouter Bos as new premier

CJ Cregg · Commodore Joined: 05 Oct 2002 Posts: 1254

I don't know much about Dutch politics, could someone explain the basic differences between the main political parties?

Admiral Dani�l · **Thu Nov 23, 2006 5:00 pm**

Well the main political parties everyone is talking about are the CDA, PvdA, SP, VVD and PvdV.

CDA - Christian Democratic Party
PvdA - Party of the work
SP - Socialistic party
VVD - People party of Freedom and Democracy
PvdV - Party of the Freedom

The right parties are CDA, VVD and PvdV
the left parties are PvdA and SP

the PvdA has 33 chairs now(they lost 9), and the SP has 24 chairs. The CDA has 40 which makes it the biggest party now, the VVD has 21, and the PvdV luckily only has 9. Now people don't want the PvdV in cause they want to stop immigrants and do all other liberal things. The VVD is also a liberal party, and has lost many votes, which many people are glad about, the CDA is more a party that exists out of right and left, but a bit more right. The PvdA is the party for the normal working men, those who have a simple life like most people. The SP is for the relationships between people, that means against discrimination and people acting normal against each other. Now there needs to be a coalition of the parties that is at least 76 chairs or more. And cause of the strange voting, there will probably come a unusual coalition, the most discussed is the coalition: CDA, PvdA, SP. This can result to problems cause the CDA and PvdA had tried to form a party earlier but that resulted in a failure, and it's a strange combination that no one actually considered before.

Ok I'll say some more later, this is my point of view, not it of others...

CJ Cregg · Commodore Joined: 05 Oct 2002 Posts: 1254

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_general_election%2C_2006#Possible_coalitions

A list of possible coalitions.

Looking at it i think i would prefer a CDA-PvdA-SP coalition.

IntrepidIsMe · **Thu Nov 23, 2006 6:54 pm**

Moving to WN...

Birdy · Socialist Joined: 20 Sep 2004 Posts: 13502 Location: Here.