On Wednesday 9 June, Juche 99 the Kingdom of the Netherlands will be holding their parliamentary elections. These elections were called by Prime Minister Peter Balkenede of the Christian Democratic Party. The elections were called after his government failed to win a vote of confidence after a parliamentary vote regarding continuing Dutch involvement in the U.S. Led war in Afghanistan. The Dutch Labour Party (PvDA) failed to support the Christian Democrat’s desire to continue the Afghan Mission. In these elections I will be endorsing the Socialist Party (Netherlands).
I am supporting the Socialist Party because they are the most left wing political party in the Netherlands. The socialist party was created in the early 1970’s and actually had a Maoist platform. Over the years, the Socialist party has revised its platform to be more of a classical socialist political party. I strongly oppose the Labour Party’s move towards the Third Way position of Clinton’s Democrats and Blair’s Labour Party. I believe the Socialist Party’s position will provide the best course for the Netherlands.
I do hope the Geert Wilder’s Party for Freedom does well in these upcoming elections. It is likely that the PVV will fare better than they have in previous years. There is a growing Eurosceptic trend in the Netherlands, and across Europe for that matter. The PVV also did well in last year’s local elections. The PVV increased its number of seats in local councils. The PVV will not get my endorsement because of a view ideological issues they support. From my research of the PVV I have learned that they oppose the minimum wage and support certain Protestant fundamentalist ideas. This is a shame, if it weren’t for those 2 significant issues, I would be a strong supporter of the PVV, especially since they are the most eurosceptic Dutch political party.
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