He watched the political game in The Hague for a few days and took it relatively calmly, but today Geert Wilders turned fiercer. On X, he lashed out hard at the parties that want to exclude him. "The PVV must govern," he wrote. "The people have spoken." And yes, he also has a very stern warning for types like Dilan Yesilgöz and Pieter Omtzigt.
Shortly after the election, Wilders was very friendly toward the other party leaders. He expressed his eagerness to work with them. There should be a center-right cabinet. Yesilgöz? Yes, he could do business with that. And with BBB and NSC as well.
Next, Yesilgöz came out with the news that the VVD will not officially support a cabinet led by Geert Wilders, but will "tolerate it." Wilders was irritated, but still remained calm. He hoped, he said, that he could change that, and that if Yesilgöz really didn't want to, that she would indeed constructively and reliably tolerate. And that this would create a scenario that would be possible.
Today, Wilders tackles it different. He is clearly irritated - no doubt by things going on behind the scenes in The Hague. Things that make him feel that the party cartel is trying to sideline the PVV, probably.
Because today Wilders writes very clearly on X what he expects from the rest of politics. "The PVV must govern," he believes. "The people have spoken. And made us the biggest. That's called democracy."
He then bites The Hague that "no games" should be played with that. "Work with us to do justice to the election results and solve problems for people."
And then he comes with a very clear warning. A threat, even. "Otherwise, we are going to get much, much bigger."
If I were Wilders, I would say, "I'm going to do everything I can to form a coalition with all the right-wing parties. That may be partly officially and partly through toleration. But if that fails, then I'm going to push for new elections. Then we are going to work with those right-wing parties to make sure that everything fails so that the voters go to the polls again.'
Because I'll give it to you straight: if Wilders I is not made possible by the VVD, that party will be totally wiped out in new elections. Then only 10 or at most 15 seats will remain. All those seats will then go partly to PVV AND to other parties such as BBB, FVD, and JA21. Does the party cartel really want to risk that?