{"id":161725,"date":"2023-11-23T15:03:19","date_gmt":"2023-11-23T14:03:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=161725"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:27:04","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:27:04","slug":"pvv-and-nsc-have-won-the-elections-what-does-this-mean-for-higher-education-and-academia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2023\/11\/23\/pvv-and-nsc-have-won-the-elections-what-does-this-mean-for-higher-education-and-academia\/","title":{"rendered":"PVV and NSC have won the elections: what does this mean for higher education and academia?"},"content":{"rendered":"

With 37 seats, the Party for Freedom (PVV) will be the largest party in the House of Representatives. The newcomer New Social Contract (NSC) has won 20 seats. Both parties intend to halt the internationalisation of higher education.<\/p>\n

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With almost all of the votes counted, the party of Geert Wilders is the leading party by far, which may have major consequences for higher education and academic research.<\/p>\n

One thing is for sure: migration will be a major theme in the upcoming negotiations for a new cabinet. Soon, a large majority of the House of Representatives will want to limit the intake of international students in higher education.<\/p>\n

PVV, NSC and the People\u2019s Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) combined already have 81 of the 150 seats. They want to make the language of instruction for bachelor programmes Dutch again, although the VVD argues that an exception should be made for technical universities.<\/p>\n

Since they do not speak the language, international students will simply stay away, or so these parties believe. With the support of the Farmer\u2013Citizen Movement (BBB), the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) and one or two other parties, these plans will easily pass the Senate, even if Pieter Omtzigt\u2019s party does not have any representatives there yet.<\/p>\n\n\t

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