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Dutch vote for Center-Right Majority 93 to 45

Written by ACM
Thursday, 10 June 2010

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Dutch People, in June 2010 Parliamentary Election, clearly rejected Past Cohabitation with Socialists, and strongly voted for a New, large Center-Right Majority, which Wins with a Big difference of more than 93 Center-Right MPs compared to only 45 Socialist MPs. The move comes at the eve of an exceptionally important Election at neighbouring Belgium, (closely linked with the Netherlands both through BENELUX's grouping and culturally in its Flamish Region), which will start Chairing the EU from the 1st of July.

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Biggest single Winner in 2010, the Freedom Party PVV, (whose Founder, Gert Wilders, was notoriously obliged to leave Old Parties in Disagreement on Turkey's controversial EU bid), almost Tripled the number of its MPs growing from 9 to 24 MPs, by gaining nearly + 10 % more Voters, adding + 15 MPs more.

Other Winners are the Liberals (VVD) with some + 5% more Voters, adding + 9 MPs more (from  22 to 31 MPs), the Democrats (D66) with + 4,9% more Voters, adding +7 MPs more (from 3 to 10 MPs ), and, at a lesser degree, the "Greens", with + 2% more Voters, adding + 3 MPs more (from 7  to 10 MPs).

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On the contrary, Past Co-Habitation with Socialists in previous 2006 Compromise "Mixte" Governments is clearly rejected by the Dutch People now in 2010 , since all its main components Lose more than - 43 MPs less in 2010 compared with what they had back in 2006 :

Socialists lose - 14 MPs. (I.e. SocialDemocrats PvdA lose - 4 MPs and Socialist Party SP loses - 10 MPs, Falling from 33 to only 29 MPs and from 25 down to only 15 MPs, respectively), and the compromising trend in the CDA/ChristianDemocrat Party which had accepted concessions to Socialists, loses - 20 MPs, (going down from 41 to 21 MPs).
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Among Small Parties, the Reformed Christians SGP (Evangelists/Calvinists : strongly opposed to Turkey's controversial EU bid), win almost +10.000 more Voters (+ 0,2%, reaching almost 2%), and keep their 2 MPs. While the "Proud Netherlands" (TON) New Party (also opposed to Turkey's controversial EU bid, founded by former Minister for Integration Rita Verdonk, who resigned in 2007) wins + 52.339 more Voters (+0,6 %), gets no MP this time (after Winning earlier Local/Regional Seats), but vows to go on.

On the contrary, Animal Defenders ...lose some - 50.000 less Voters, but keep their 2 MPs, (with 1,3%).

Some + 50.000 more Voters were Dispersed to 7 New Parties, from "New Netherlands" up to "Christian Evangelists", etc., which didn't get any MP, (including the New "Pirates'" party against Copyright restrictions, which, after its Swedish success, appears also in the Netherlands with the banner "Knowledge is Power - Give us back our Knowledge !"  and gets more than + 10.400 votes).

To this is added also a Big Growth of Abstentionists with + 550.000 (+half a Million !) more Citizens Fleeing the election in 2010 compared to 2006, which adds to an obvious general Rejection in 2010 of the Out-going "Co-Habitation" Government with Socialists, (See supra).
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The Strongest Group in 2010 Election is a Relative Majority composed of Christian and Freedom Parties with more than 52 MPs all together, (I.e. 24 Freedom Party PVV and 28 Christian MPs : 21 ChristianDemocrats CDA, 5 United Christians CU, 2 Reformed Christians SGP).

This can obviously form a Large Absolute Majority at the Center-Right with 93 MPs, (against only 45 MPs for Socialists), by bringing together all Center-Right MPs from Liberals (31 MPs), Freedom Party PVV (24 MPs), Christians (28 MPs: ChristianDemocrats CDA 21 MPs, United Christians CU 5 MPs, and Reformed Christians SGP 2 MPs), as well as Democrats D66 (10 MPs), etc.

They could be Selectively joined also by 10 more "Green" MPs particularly on BioEthical issues, (which notoriously oppose "Greens" to "Socialists" everywhere, in almost all Countries in Europe and the World).

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Mark Rutte, leader of Front-runner Free Democrats Party VVD (Liberals : 31 MPs), questioned on prospects to form a New Government based on a Majority including the bigger single Winner "Freedom Party" PVV (of Gert Wilders : 24 MPs), positively replied that he "does Not Exclude any Party" democratically voted by the People.

However, mainstream Dutch political Experts normally exclude any compromise between winning Liberals and losing Socialists (See supra) also because of sharp oppositions among contradictory Economic policies. 

The same acceptance for a Government Coalition with the fastest growing "Freedom Party" (which almost Tripled  its MPs in 2010 Election Growing from 9 to 24 or 25 MPs), goes also for ChristianDemocrats CDA (21 MPs), reported "Bloomberg" News Agency.

On the contrary, the New ChristianDemocrats' Leadership (after the Resignation of its Previous Leaders, accused to fail after Past Compromise Cohabitations with Socialists were rejected by Dutch People in 2010 Election), would logically refuse to fall back to another controversial cohabitation compromise with Weakened Socialists, according to Political Experts.  


All these moves came at the conclusion of a Week during which a Brutal Turkish Group suspected of Terrorist links from Bosnia to Tchetchenia up to Asia and the Middle-East, had provocativelly threatened Israeli Officials to "Push (i.e. manipulate) the Arabs against the US, as back on September 11 at New York"'s (2001 massive Terrorist Deadly Attack which Killed some 3.000 Innocent Simple People), and Violently Aggressed with Knives, Metal Bars, Stun Grenades, Fire from stolen Arms, Clubs, etc. some isolated Israeli Soldiers, Sadically Hitting them (in Lynch Mob Aggressions : many against one) even Disarmed, Fallen Down to the Floor and Helpless, Brutally Throwing their Victim to Lower Floors, Wounding them Gravely, Bleeding, etc., obviously Provoking their Collegues (surrounded and brutally attacked by Violent Turkish Mobsters armed with Knives, Clubs, Metal Bars, Stun Grenades, etc.) to Fire back in Self Defence at a Non fully Elucidated yet Exceptional Incident provoked only in one Turkish Ship, among 6 International Ships heading to Gaza, which all surrendered Peacefully their Supplies to Israeli Authorities to be distributed to Gaza, with the Sole Exception of the Violent Turkish Mobsters' Ship alone ! The same Week, the Head of the Christian Catholic Church in Turkey, Bishop Luigi Padovese, was atrociously Murdered, Stubbed to Death from behind and almost be-Headed in a Bloody Aggression by a Turkish driver which had benefited from regular pay by the Church, just one Day before Pope Benedict XVI visits Cyprus : The only EU Country where Ankara persists in a 35 Years old Military Occupation of its Northern Territories, whose initially Christian European Majority Population, (Greeks, Armenians, Maronites, Catholics, etc), have notoriously been obliged to Flee since the 1974 Turkish Military Invasion, and are still Hindered to return to their Ancestral Land, contrary to established European and International Human Rights' standards, while Ankara persists in its  "Ethnic Cleansing" moves by systematically replacing the Greeks, Maronites, and/or Armenians and other Ancestral Inhabitants with Colonists massively imported from Turkish Anatolia, and Destroying their Historic, MillenaryCultural and Religious Heritage in the Turkish Occupied Territories : A "War Crime" according to the International Penal Court's statute, that Turkey persists to ignore. This was added to Turkey's Isolation at UNO's SC, later this week, after a 12 against only 2 votes Majority UN SC Resolution (greater than expected) strongly rejected Ankara's controversial attempt to dangerously get in Turkish soil Enriched Uranium by opportunistically exploiting Iran's Nuclear Bomb Proliferation Risk, too close to Pakistan's bad precedent and to the sensitive Middle East region.

During the last 5 Years, a large Majority's (more than 67%) Opposal to Turkey's controversial EU bid had notoriously pushed Dutch People to Vote "No" to an important Euro-Referendum, as the only means that they had then to react to Turkish aims vis a vis the EU, .."despite" Dutch People's pro-European usual stance. Amplifying the same phenomenon, the same year, in France, back in 2005, followed even by Ireland in 2007, which was notoriously overcome only with new French President Sarkozy's crystal-clear Electoral promise to Stop Turkey's controversial demands to enter inside the EU.

Or, was it, rather : - "... because of .." ?


Curiously, indeed, the Past Concessions to "Socialists" a.o. in the Outgoing Compromise Coalition Governments, did not take into account Dutch Citizens' obviously Growing Will to Stop Turkey's controversial attempts to infiltrate inside the EU, (which was also reiterated in the 2009 EU Elections), and didn't join yet openly French President Sarkozy and German Chancellor Merkel's explicit refusals to Alter, Weaken and undermine EU's Cultural Identity, Finances and Human Rights' Values by imposing Turkey's controversial EU bid.

This obviously anti-democratic stance, which had persisted to deny Dutch People's repeatedly expressed Democratic Will, was severely punished now in the 2010 National Election,  (See relevant Facts supra).

A Center-Right Majority, well aware of Dutch People's growing protest on that Key-issue, would naturally bring the Netherlands closer to the Franco-German Governing Majorities. (And probably also  Italian : See recent 2010 "EuroFora"'s NewsReports on the Head of the Governing Italian Majority's delegation in EU Parliament, Top MEP Mario Mauro's critical statements vis a vis Turkey's controversial EU bid). Not so far away even from UK's recent political developments, (f.ex. unpecedented Gains of UKIP which came 3d at 2009 EU Elections when it campained under the banner "No to Turkey's entry into the EU !", and New Conservatives - Liberal Government after the May 2010 British Election : The only one since the Historic Lloyd George - Winston Churchill 1918 - 1922 World War winner Government, strongly opposed to former Ottoman-Turc Empire and Turkey's military aims, which was overthrown after Overseas opposal from the American continent against UK's Criticism of Attaturks' threats to European Countries and refusal to respect the International Treaty of Sevres, 2010). As well as to various other Similar recent Developments in many Small-Medium EU Member Countrie, from Bulgaria up to Hungary, etc. 

Given the well-known Close Links between BENELUX Countries, (Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg), added to the Cultural relations with the Flamish Region in Belgium, this crystal-clear expression of Dutch People's political Will may inspire similar trends also in the forthcoming Elections in Belgium, mutatis-mutandis : I.e. unless the Belgian ChristianDemocrats timely guess the main danger and re-orientate their Policies to bring them closer to Citizens' obvious Wish.


Another unexpectedly Positive, possible Development, in this regard, considering also the Historic Christian areas inside the French-speaking Wallony Region, particularly after the recent incidents (See supra), could even be to succeed to find a New Ideological and Political Link between French and Dutch speaking Belgian Citizens, which might help them to succesfully overcome Past Divisions if they are both inspired by the growing EU-wide Conscience (See f.ex. "EuroFora"'s Analysis of the June 2009 EU Parliament Elections' results) of the Need to save Europe's Future.

But it might also contribute into shaping Wider and much more Far-reaching recent New Trends in the EU.

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(Comp. : http://www.nrc.nl/international/election2010/article2561211.ece/The_Netherlands_shifts_to_the_right + http://www.nrc.nl/international/election2010/article2561617.ece/Dutch_election_results_demand_unorthodox_and_post-haste_solutions ) 

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    Scientific innovation joined to Faith for Human Rights, Eastern Partnership and fight against the Crisis, but above all, the need to overcome the "Crisis of Trust" from EU Citizens, are the main priorities for new EU Parliament's President, Polish Jerzy Buzek, that a 555-votes-strong majority of MEPs on July 14,  Strasbourg made a living symbol of the fact that, 20 years after the fall of Berlin Wall (1989 - 2009) there is no more an Eastern or Western Europe, but only one Europe, as the head of the largest group of MEPs, ChristianDemocrats/EPP, Joseph Daul, stressed after the event.

    Speaking later to a group of Strasbourg's Journalists, including "EuroFora", the new EU Parliament's President clarified his stance on concrete topical issues, as f.ex. that of Turkey's controversial EU bid, which was one of the main issues of the June 2009 Electoral campain, clearly won by his party of ChristianDemocrats/EPP :  - "At present, Turkey does not fullfil none of EU conditions", he stressed, (See infra).

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    Buzek is well known in Strasbourg and to "EuroFora" as EU Rapporteur for the Framework Program of Scientific Research and Development of Technologies. A Natural Science Professor from the Historic and Religious landmark Polish City of Częstochowa, active in the famous Solidarnosk grass-roots social movement, he served 4 years as Prime Minister (1997-2001), before being elected as MEP in 2004 and 2009, after he brillantly won the latest EU Election at the head of his party (EPP) almost doubling the number of its MEPs from 15 to 28 !

    - "Innovation" and "Energy safety", as well as fight against the "Cimat change", but also "Eastern Partnership", the "Mediterranean", "Strategic partnerships" with Russia, the USA, etc, and the search for "solutions to the Economic Crisis" that EU Citizens "expect" from us, will be his "priorities", announced from the outset the new EU Parliament's President, reminding also that the quest for "Human and Civic Rights" played an important role in his experience with the Solidarnosc grass-roots social movement in Poland's History

    But, the most important of all, is the urgent need to overcome the "Crisis of Trust" between EU Institutions and the People he stressed : - EU "Citizens often don't understand us", denounced Buzek, launcing a call to "do anything for EU Citizens to understand our work" in EU Parliament : "We (MEPs) need to make EU Citizens involved" in "what we are doing every week, in Strasbourg and Brussels", he proposed. Pointing f.ex. to the hot "Debates" with "strong arguments" exchanged between MEPs during the preparation of their Legislative Decisions, in Committees, delivering often hard struggles between initially opposed points of view, long before forging a majority at the final vote, sometimes more than a year..

    Therefore, EU Parliament will be "open to your criticism, for discussion and exchange of views", he promissed to Journalists in Strasbourg.

    In this way, Buzek, in fact, highlighted "EuroFora"s main idea, that we strongly advocate since 1997-2007, to systematicaly and actively involve EU Citizens in public debates during the decision-making process of important EU measures, which affect their lives and the society in which they live, (and not only just a few weeks each 4 or 5 Years at the eve of EU Elections)...
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    This is related also to the symbolic gift that Buzek chose to give to the out-going former EU Parliament's President, Hans Gert Poettering, (2007-2009), his collegue in the ChristianDemocrats/EPP, who brillantly won 2009 EU Elections in Germany : A genuine statute of sainte Barbara crafted in Silesia's black Coal by Polish Miners : Those simple but strong people who fought for social change against some technocrats and bureaucrats disguissed into so-called "real-socialists" of old times. (PHOTO).

    It's enough to have seen a popular open air mass, at Warsaw's center, with many thousands of people, old and young, simple workers and intellectuals mixed together, with references to Poland's history and struggles for survival and liberty, through various ages, (as fex. that organized at the eve of CoE's 2005 panEuropean Heads of State and Government for the beatification of late Pope John-Paul II), in order to understand what such symbols mean..

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    But, overcoming the "Crisis of Trust" with EU Citizens obviously implies also to rectify any errors done in the past, fex. on Turkey's controversial EU bid, with controversial decisions taken in 1999 and 2004 to give a "candidate" status and to start EU negotiations, provoking an unprecedented series of 3 "No" to EuroReferenda and 3 Majoriy Abstentions in EU Parliament Elections : 1999, 2005 and 2009, (even if the latest one succeeded to decelerate and almost stop the drop of participation rates, opening hopes for vote's revival after an electoral campaign clearly critical to Turkey's claims in several mainstream EU countries)
    
    Therefore, Buzek was faced with manifold critical Questions on EU Enlargement, most of them citting concrete examples of certain political problems  :  But his replies were almost always given as a matter of general principle :

    F.ex. Questioned on the suspension of EU - Croatia talks because of a Border conflict with EU Member Slovenia, Buzek prefered to speak about principles :

- "We know that during Enlargement, the process can be blocked by failure to resolve this kind of issues",  This concerns also other enlargments' cases", and "these rules are always in force" he warned.


But Buzek avoided to directly reply to a queston on "French and German EPP' calls to define the Borders of Europe", as a German journalist asked him by making a reference to French President Nicolas Sarkozy, and German Chancellor Angie Merkel's, critical statements on Turkey at the June 2009 Electoral campain.    

- "Concerning Enlargement, there's always the same rules : There have to be Criteria, which have to be respected if a Country wants to join the EU", he started to simply reply.

- "For my country (Poland) it took us 15 Years to fullfil these Criteria", Buzek reminded, indicating, if proportions are kept, that Turkey, fex. would have to spend some 25 years before eventually joining the EU..

- "Countries wishing to join the EU need to Change their Systems", as we (Poland and other former Eastern European Countries) did, he stressed.

- "'For me, meeting the condition of Human Rights is one of the Key conditions for membership in the EU", preferring again to speak from the point of view of General Principles, on the occasion of an untimely question on Serbia (which is not even a candidate yet)...

- "Turkey" has, "first of all", to fullfil (EU) Copenhagen criteria". Bevause, currently, none of them is fullfiled by Turkey", New EU Parliament's President, denounced, speaking later to a group of Journalists, including "EuroFora".

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In particular, on Human Rights :  - "We (EU) can never forget Human Rights", because "this is at the very Foundations of the EU", Buzek added.

On the contrary, when he referred to EU Enlargment for the  "Western Balkans Countries ", Buzek appeared upbeat, finding "promising situations", despite "difficulties" in the Past, since "Countries are queuing to become EU members", and this "generated changes", as he said.

As for Russia, Buzek observed that it was a "very important" country, located "in the same Continent", Europe,  "close to our borders", and "we need eachother". "But Russia' has 'differend poblems : "They claim that their system is Democratic, but rules are differend", and we must be "aware of such differencies", fex. "on Human Rights", that we can't ignore, as he said;

Concerning China, where a journalist observed that the recipient of EU Parliament's latest "Sakharov prize" for freedom of thought is "still in prison", Buzek found that since the 1999 events in Tien Amin square, "we see differencies on Human Rights still today", and expressed his "support" for those who try to ameliorate the situation.

On the contrary, speaking recently to "EuroFora" he strongly supported the idea for an EU - Ukraine cooperation, fex. between Airbus and Antonov, in order to build a  less costly but more performant than the old and problematic A400M, new Military Transport Airplane : - "They (Ukranian Antonov Company) can certainly do it. I'm sure they can. It's a good Idea, and I'd be glad if it was done", he told us. (See : http://www.eurofora.net/newsflashes/news/airbusantonov.html )


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