{"id":182779,"date":"2025-10-22T10:44:17","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T08:44:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=182779"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:27:57","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:27:57","slug":"no-one-dares-to-predict-coalitions-chris-aalberts-answers-international-students-questions-about-the-dutch-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2025\/10\/22\/no-one-dares-to-predict-coalitions-chris-aalberts-answers-international-students-questions-about-the-dutch-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018No one dares to predict coalitions.\u2019 Chris Aalberts answers international students\u2019 questions about the Dutch elections"},"content":{"rendered":"

After the government collapsed earlier this year, the Netherlands is going to have their new elections on 29 October. Chris Aalberts, a lecturer in political communication, journalist, EM columnist and political junkie, answers all questions international students have about the upcoming Dutch elections.<\/p>\n

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Despite not being able to vote in the Netherlands, international students are directly affected by the outcome of the elections. Yet the political system, polarising coalitions, and clashing legislation proposals can often get confusing. International students around campus shared the main questions they have over the upcoming elections. These are the answers.<\/p>\n

The Dutch government collapsed earlier this year. Can you explain why that happened?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThis all goes back to the elections of 2023. It was more or less unexpected that the Party for Freedom (PVV), known as a far-right party, became the largest. They formed a government with three others \u2013 the Farmer-Citizen Movement (BBB), New Social Contract (NSC), and the People\u2019s Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD).<\/p>\n

\u201cThe main problem was that NSC has a different opinion from PVV on major topics, a key one being how the government should take measures to minimise the amount of asylum seekers coming to the Netherlands. The dealbreaker was the 10-points plan PVV proposed to put a stop to asylum seekers. Since they could not find support to continue with this plan, they decided to withdraw from the government. A few months later, NSC withdrew from the government as well, after heavy criticism by the public for not doing enough for Gaza.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\t

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