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The Netherlands veers sharply to the right with a new government
FRANCE 24 English
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5/17/2024
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Photo op six months in the making.
00:02
A government coalition for the Netherlands,
00:05
led by the far-right leader Geert Wilders,
00:08
who promised to stay true to his party's hard line on immigration
00:12
and to opt out of the EU's new asylum system,
00:15
even if it took years to do.
00:18
So we first use the Dutch law and the crisis law we have
00:23
to make sure that there will be less influx of asylum seekers in the Netherlands.
00:28
And that is something that we don't need the European Union for.
00:31
That is totally compatible with European law.
00:34
Wilders said the Netherlands planned to follow in the footsteps of Denmark,
00:38
which negotiated a deal to be excluded from the EU's asylum policies.
00:43
But an EU spokesperson appeared to pour cold water on that idea,
00:47
but added he would wait to hear exactly what the Dutch government had in mind.
00:51
You cannot opt out of EU legislation in the past
00:55
when certain discussions were taking place on treaties.
00:59
Certain countries in the context of those discussions negotiated opt-outs.
01:04
But we are working on the basis of existing treaties.
01:07
The EU's pact on migration and asylum includes tougher borders
01:11
and shared responsibility among the bloc's members to take in asylum seekers.
01:16
The new rules come into effect in 2026
01:19
and the deal's passage comes ahead of Europe-wide elections next month,
01:23
in which immigration is playing a major role.
01:26
Meanwhile, as Dutch politicians outline the government's new policies,
01:30
it still remains to be seen who will be prime minister of the EU's fifth largest economy.
01:35
Prime Minister Mark Rutte is retiring from national politics
01:39
and is expected to be tapped as the new NATO Secretary General.
01:43
Wilders himself has shelved his ambitions to be PM
01:46
amid widespread unease over his anti-Islam and anti-European views.
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