A majority in the lower house of the Dutch parliament wants the Netherlands to follow the United States’ lead and designate the far-left Antifa movement as a terrorist organization. A motion to that effect by Lidewij de Vos (FvD), Caroline van der Plas (BBB), and Geert Wilders (PVV) was passed with the support of the VVD, SGP, and JA21.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/49038271

A majority in the lower house of the Dutch parliament wants the Netherlands to follow the United States’ lead and designate the far-left Antifa movement as a terrorist organization.

  • Hector@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    1 day ago

    Huh I wonder about the dynamics of the vote here, I imagine the left center parties were hijacked by conservative aristocrats like in the rest of the west.

    Those supposed left center lawmakers are very opposed to the actual left and see their reason for being as freezing out any reform minded ideas or candidates that could retake the privellage granted the aristocracy these last decades.

    Sounds like they need some new leadership at their parties, not understanding nazis will not be good for the country or themselves is a dealbreaker with voters

    • Njos2SQEZtPVRhH@piefed.socialEnglish
      6·
      1 day ago

      It was voted for by 6 parties, all of which are considered right wing.

      • PVV (right wing anti immigration party)
      • VVD (fiscal conservative right wing party)
      • BBB (conservative farmers’ lobby party)
      • SGP (right wing conservative christian party)
      • FvD (right wing QAnon-type conspiracy party)
      • JA21 (split-off of FVD)

      You could of course argue that this means the center has shifted, and some of these should be considered center. Personally I think it’s just that immigration has been the dominant theme for decades now, and therefor people who would benefit from left-wing economics, now vote extreme right. I don’t think that makes them or anybody else a center.

      • Hector@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 day ago

        Off subject though it may be, the left in Europe totally sucks. They should be threatening to seize power not the third most popular in any election. We need all new leadership at every level of organization business and government, and the left wing political parties in Europe are no exception.

        Channeling the anger of Voters to its proper source is not a very difficult thing to do.