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🗓️ 24 November 2023
⏱️ 23 minutes
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0:00.0 | All right, Alexander, let's talk about the big election victory for Gert Wilders. |
0:08.0 | In the Netherlands, 37 seats out of 150, he is now going to try and form a coalition government, |
0:18.5 | which could prove to be challenging. |
0:22.2 | We've had some statements from the EU's favorite candidate Timmermans, saying that he's going |
0:27.9 | to put up resistance to Gert Wilders. |
0:30.5 | In order to protect democracy, in order to save democracy, Timmermans is going to try to |
0:36.0 | prevent the leading party from forming a government. |
0:39.4 | Anyway, an incredible outcome in the elections in the Netherlands, an absolutely |
0:46.6 | incredible outcome. |
0:48.3 | And now the world is waiting to see what happens. |
0:53.4 | It is a stunning outcome. |
0:55.0 | I mean, can I just say, I mean, the Netherlands is right at the heart of the EU. |
1:00.0 | It has been one of the sort of core states of the EU. |
1:03.0 | It was one of the original founder states of the original European economic community, |
1:10.0 | you know, in the Treaty of Rome. It was one of the signatory states of the Treaty European economic community, you know, in the Treaty of Rome. |
1:11.6 | It was one of the signatory states of the Treaty of Rome. |
1:15.3 | It is, you know, deeply Europeanist or has been up to this point, to the core. |
1:20.5 | And now we have a well-known Eurosceptic, a person who's promoted, who still supports the idea of a referendum |
1:29.8 | for, you know, the Netherlands might, you know, leave the EU entirely, a person who's a very skilled |
1:38.7 | and very charismatic politician, but, you know, a controversial one in the Netherlands, or all the reasons |
1:46.0 | some have just discussed. Anyway, a person like that wins the election in the Netherlands |
1:51.7 | of all places. I mean, the best analogy I can think of is, you know, Nigel Farage coming back |
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