Freedom Party
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Founded | Vilnius |
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Lithuania | |
Founders | Ausrine Armonaite |
Remigijus Simasius | |
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ID | 4084155 |
About Freedom Party
The Freedom Party is a political party in Lithuania, founded on 1 June 2019 and led by former Liberal Movement member Aušrinė Armonaitė.
Key Dutch party sees 'no basis' for talks with Wilders
... Mr Wilders s Freedom Party (PVV) last week shocked critics by winning a dramatic general election victory but failed to secure a majority...
What Geert Wilders' victory means for Dutch society
... Packing her plastic bags on to a scooter, another shopper called Anje said she did not think the Freedom Party leader would fix her community...
Wilders Dutch vote: Centre-right VVD rules out role in cabinet
... A scout from Mr Wilders Freedom Party will now assess who could take part...
Geert Wilders' victory in Netherlands election spooks Europe
... His Freedom Party surged in the polls very late in the campaign...
Geert Wilders: Who is he and what does he want?
... Mr Wilders embodies the Freedom Party for most Dutch people...
Dutch election: Anti-Islam populist Wilders ahead - exit poll
... After 25 years in the Dutch parliament, his Freedom Party is heading for 35 seats, according to the poll, well ahead of his nearest rival, a left-wing alliance...
Dutch election: Voters choose new leaders in neck-and-neck race
... Unlike her rivals, she has not ruled out working with Mr Wilders Freedom Party...
Wilders Dutch vote: Centre-right VVD rules out role in cabinet
By Paul KirbyBBC News
The biggest party in the former Dutch government has ruled out a role in The Next Dutch cabinet, after anti-Islam populist Geert Wilders ' dramatic election victory.
In a blow to Mr Wilders' hopes of a majority, centre-right VVD leader Dilan Yesilgöz said her party needed a different role, after losing 10 seats.
Political leaders met to consider their next steps in forming a coalition.
A scout from Mr Wilders' Freedom Party will now assess who could take part.
The far-right PVV won 37 seats in Tuesday's election, far More Than any other party, More Than doubling its representation in the 150-seat parliament.
The scale of his victory has put pressure on centre and centre-right parties to help form a Wilders-led government.
The Dutch coalition process tends to take several months, and The First step in The Process began on Friday with The Appointment of Freedom Party senator Gom van Strien as The Scout who will hold initial talks with all the relevant parties.
But As Party leaders assembled for exploratory talks in the Parliament Building , Ms Yesilgöz, whose VVD party came third in Wednesday's vote, announced she would not take part in The Next administration because Dutch voters had given a " clear signal".
" The big winners of these elections are the PVV and [new centrist party] NSC, " she told Dutch TV. " But we will make a centre-right cabinet Possible - so we will support that and won't block it. "
Without the liberals, Mr Wilders will struggle to Make Up the 76 seats needed to form a majority. The only other major potential partners are the newly formed centrist New Social Contract and the centre-right Farmer Citizens Movement.
However, Ms Yesilgöz emphasised that her party would Be Prepared to play a constructive role as a tacit partner in supporting a minority government in parliament. The VVD's 24 seats could in effect hand him a working majority.
Mr Wilders said he was very disappointed by the VVD's decision, which he complained had been taken " without taking part in negotiations for a minute. . and this isn't what VVD-voters want either, I think".
He complained that forming a cabinet could now take months and Ms Yesilgöz had not made it any easier.
Commentators were quick to point out that Geert Wilders had himself propped up Mark Rutte 's first VVD-led government as a tacit partner in 2010, but he triggered its collapse little More Than a year and a half later when he refused to back austerity measures.
Mr Wilders badly needs the support of New Social Contract, formed only in August by whistleblower MP Pieter Omtzigt , and the BBB Farmer Citizens Movement, which has a strong representation in the upper house, The Senate .
By deciding not to be part of The Cabinet , Ms Yesilgöz has also increased pressure on Mr Omtzigt to join a coalition, because with 20 seats he is the only other top-four party still available.
Mr Omtzigt said the timing of her announcement was odd and made the whole process more complicated.
BBB leader Caroline van der Plas complained that it was the centre-right liberals under previous leader Mark Rutte who had led to in the First Place , in a row over capping asylum numbers. Now again, She Said , it was about playing Party Politics , " and not about what citizens want".
Her newly elected MPs were brought to the Parliament Building by seven tractors, one for each MP.
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com