{"id":1380,"date":"2006-11-23T10:42:00","date_gmt":"2006-11-23T10:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jcm.org.uk\/blog\/2006\/11\/23\/116427904773702506\/"},"modified":"2006-11-27T08:41:27","modified_gmt":"2006-11-27T08:41:27","slug":"dutch-electoral-confusion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jcm.org.uk\/blog\/2006\/11\/dutch-electoral-confusion\/","title":{"rendered":"Dutch electoral confusion"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Dutch elections<\/a> are confusing me. Nanne has the results<\/a> and is trying to work out potential coalitions, but no one is agreed on what’s going to happen next. The New York Times<\/a> reckons the country will swing to the left, the Washington Post<\/a> sees a vote in favour of the pre-elections centre-right government with a marked rise for extreme parties on either side of the political spectrum, while EurActiv<\/a> sees a political dead heat marked largely by a rise in votes for anti-EU and anti-immigration parties.So, anyone care to enlighten me? All the English-language Dutch political blogs I used to read seem to have died… What’s going on, and what are the implications?<\/p>\n

Update:<\/strong> Ah! Here we go – Guy of Non Tibi Spiro<\/a> with an informed roundup over at Fistful<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Update 2:<\/strong> And now former Europe Minister Denis MacShane’s in on the act<\/a>, with a surprisingly sensible overview ruined by a thoughtlessly stupid attack on Proportional Representation at the end – already countered by Make My Vote Count<\/a>, just as they countered MacShane’s previous attacks on PR after the German elections last year<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Update 3:<\/strong> And now The Economist’s on the case<\/a>, arguing the results show the rise of the far right and a clash with Islam. Odd…<\/p>\n

Update 4:<\/strong> Nanne’s back with more<\/a> – damn good stuff. I still don’t understand what the hell’s going on, but then it doesn’t look like anyone does. Yet.<\/p>\n<\/dl>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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