{"id":167801,"date":"2024-05-15T12:27:44","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T10:27:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=167801"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:27:20","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:27:20","slug":"dijkgraaf-does-not-want-to-be-in-a-pvv-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2024\/05\/15\/dijkgraaf-does-not-want-to-be-in-a-pvv-government\/","title":{"rendered":"Dijkgraaf does not want to be in a PVV government"},"content":{"rendered":"

“I will not sit in such a far-right cabinet,” outgoing minister Robbert Dijkgraaf has said on talk show Op1<\/em>. So he is not available, should parties PVV, NSC, VVD and BBB ask him as minister.<\/p>\n

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The executive board of Erasmus University with minister of Education Robbert Dijkgraaf.<\/span><\/p>

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Dijkgraaf sat at Op1\u2019s talk show table because of\u00a0 the student protests in Amsterdam. But the ongoing formation of a new government was also discussed, with speculation about the next prime minister and other ministers.<\/p>\n

About that, Dijkgraaf said, \u201cEveryone is sitting around talking very relaxed, but we are talking about my upcoming resignation date.\u201d<\/p>\n

Perhaps it is a go-ahead date, suggested presenter Carrie ten Napel. After all, there will have to be ministers again. \u201cWill you be available when they form a new government?\u201d No, Dijkgraaf replied with a smile. \u201cI\u2019m not going to be part of such a far-right cabinet.\u201d<\/p>\n

Chapter closed<\/h2>

Incidentally, last September, well before the elections, he already told the Higher Education Press Agency that he was closing the \u2018chapter of ministry\u2019. His own party, D66, was then at a loss in the polls.<\/p>\n

Perhaps the presenter asked the question because Dijkgraaf only became a member of D66 when he was asked to be a minister. He might also be able to join a more technocratic cabinet. But Dijkgraaf apparently does not see that as an option.<\/p>\n\n\t

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