2023-11-24 06:40:00
But he muted his anti-Islam rhetoric during the campaign, focusing more on issues such as the rising cost of living.
Wilders is coming
“I am of Turkish origin and Muslim. However, I voted for Geert Wilders”
“I am of Turkish origin and Muslim. However, I voted for Geert Wilders,” said a resident of Venlo on condition of anonymity. “We are all poor and we think he can change things,” he explains. “All these statements about closing mosques are just politics,” summarizes this unemployed 41-year-old while munching on a grilled cheese sandwich.
The reasons for the victory of the far right carried by Geert Wilders in the Netherlands
Seeking to allay minority fears after the vote, Geert Wilders stressed that he wanted to be “the prime minister of all Dutch people, regardless of their religion, their sexuality, their color, their gender or whatever.” or else.” “When you are Prime Minister, your role is different from that of the leader of the opposition,” he argued.
For Hasan Bensaid, a 49-year-old construction worker from Amsterdam, Geert Wilders’ bluster about the country’s Muslim community, which numbers nearly a million people, is just window dressing. “He’s been shouting in parliament for 20 years, that doesn’t impress me. We are extremists, we are thieves, we are everything,” laments Hasan Bensaid.
On the other hand, “everything is expensive and I think the ministers have done anything”. “I will give him a chance. He can be Prime Minister,” he concludes.
For Mustafa Ayranci, of the Turkish workers’ association HTIB, his community must respect the voters’ decision, even if it is disappointing.
He wants to take Geert Wilders at his word when he talks about being the Prime Minister of all Dutch people. “He will not only be the Prime Minister of Jan and Piet,” he said, “but also that of Mustafa and Ahmed.”
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