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“Very exciting” elections are expected in the Netherlands Polling stations are open across the country and one thing is certain: Mark Rutte, the current Prime Minister, will not continue in office. Everything else is open during the elections that will be held in the Netherlands on Wednesday. They present themselves as "very exciting", with many parties wanting to become the largest in terms of number of seats in Parliament.,. This is how the Belgian media in Brussels commented on the elections in the neighboring country, the Netherlands, and indicated that the leader of the LEF party, Daniel Van Duyn, who was arrested on charges of disrupting a debate between party leaders on the NOS television broadcast on Tuesday evening, is still in detention. A police spokesman said that the suspect will be interrogated on Wednesday, after which the Public Prosecution will decide what the next step is. As the relatively unknown leader of the Youth Party, Van Duyne was on the audience list for the final debate, which took place in the reception hall of the Provisional House of Representatives. He got on stage during a debate and shouted at point-blank range at politicians from the liberal VVD and the Socialist Alliance as well as the left-wing Labor Alliance, the Greens and GroenLinks-PvdA. "They belong to 'old politics,'" Van Duijn said. He told liberal VVD leader Dilan Yeşilgoz that her party "no "He should never come to power again."
Many party leaders in the Dutch elections cast their votes this morning. Geert Wilders of the far-right Party for Freedom (PVV) did so, as did New Social Contract (NSC) leader Peter Omtzgut. The latter did so in Enchcheda with his wife. The leader of the new Socialist Alliance said, "Today we elect members of the House of Representatives. Do you want to continue with the same parties in the same way? Or do you choose a different option until the real work is done in the field of good governance and social security?" According to a post on the X website on Wednesday.
The leader of the left-wing Labor-Green Alliance party, Frans Timmermans, spoke in his hometown of Maastricht. Timmermans became leader of the mixed party at the end of August this year. He came to the polling station on Wednesday with his children, grandchildren and dog.
All polling stations in the Netherlands opened their doors on Wednesday morning at 7:30 am for the House of Representatives elections. More than 13.3 million eligible voters 18 and older are allowed to cast their ballots. Polling stations close at nine o'clock in the evening, and ballot boxes are opened to count the votes.
The participation rate in the 2021 parliamentary elections reached more than 78.5 percent. Out of more than 13.2 million eligible voters, more than 10.4 million people cast ballots. In 2021, 37 parties participated. 17 parties received enough votes for a seat in the House of Representatives. The liberal VVD became the largest, followed by the democratic D66 and the hard-right PVV.
Reports on social media show there are already queues in several places.
In the last debate before the lower house elections in the Netherlands, party leaders once again highlighted their contradictions with “harsh attacks” and “stinging responses.” For example, according to Dylan Jesseljoos, no one would imagine that Geert Wilders, “the leader of the far-right,” could become “the prime minister of all the Dutch people.”