VVD, NSC and BBB want Wilders to develop his desired additional asylum measures himself. But the PVV leader wants a signature under his plans as soon as possible and warned that things “don’t look good” for the coalition.
If Wilders wants to take additional asylum measures, he must develop them himself and submit them to the House of Representatives. Reopening the coalition agreement is not an option now, was the joint message from VVD, NSC and BBB after an hour-long consultation on the wishes announced by Wilders.
But that is absolutely not what Wilders wanted, he told the press later. His wish was precisely to supplement the agreements he made with the coalition. Because “if you want to be sure that a minister achieves something, you have to ensure that it is included in the main points agreement”.
Wilders, who spoke to the press an hour after his coalition partners, called the emergency consultation on Monday “not a pleasant conversation”. “Ultimately, I have not yet seen a signature and it does not appear that people are going to sign this,” said Wilders. “Then we have a serious problem. It doesn’t look good.”
The coalition parties are now sleeping on it. There will be another coalition consultation on Tuesday morning.
Wilders after coalition consultation: ‘It doesn’t look good’
Wilders presented a ten-point plan last week with which he wants to take extra measures in the field of asylum as soon as possible. Among other things, he wants to close the borders to asylum seekers and a temporary stop on family reunification. You can read more about this in the article below.
He had previously threatened to bring down the cabinet if his wishes were not heeded. But that threat was not taken too seriously: Wilders had often threatened to step out of the cabinet.
VVD, NSC and BBB therefore arrived relatively calmly at the consultation on Monday. VVD leader Dilan Yesilgöz already said that as far as she is concerned, Wilders can simply develop his plans and submit them to the House of Representatives. After all, he also has ‘his’ PVV minister Marjolein Faber in charge of the dossier.
In that case, the coalition parties “are not a blockade”, said BBB leader Caroline van der Plas after the consultation. All of Wilders’ coalition partners then said it was “unwise” for Wilders to want to bring down the cabinet on this subject. But, as NSC group leader Nicolien van Vroonhoven said before Wilders indicated to the press that things looked bad: “The seriousness of the situation is clear to me.”
