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Eline
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Election day
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by Eline » Wed Nov 22, 2006 10:06 am
After the coalition collapsed in June, today is voting day for the Dutch. Very exciting!
We have no two big parties like some other countries, but about 8-10 parties in the parliament that range from very left-wing to very right-wing. This means a coalition needs to be formed that has the majority, and usually this consists of two or three parties.
At the moment we have a centre-right coalition (with a prime minister who is said to look like Harry Potter), but the left-wing parties will most likely win a lot of votes today, so I think we will change to a left-centre or a totally left coalition. But you never know.
Hopefully we will get a coalition that actually stays on for the full four years, no more political murders (like we had in 2002, just a few days before the elections, and again in 2004), and world peace.
More info in English:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6170444.stm
or
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international ... 98,00.html
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by Best First » Wed Nov 22, 2006 10:10 am
ah, politics.
its just a big pantomime really, isn't it?
can you speak yet?
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by Guest » Wed Nov 22, 2006 11:15 pm
No vote, no voice.
As a 90's ad campaign in the UK once went.
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by Aaron Hong » Thu Nov 23, 2006 2:26 am
Eline wrote:
At the moment we have a centre-right coalition (with a prime minister who is said to look like Harry Potter),
I think they said the same about the Weakest Link woman. Which isn't helpful, I know.
Eline wrote:
Hopefully we will get a coalition that actually stays on for the full four years, no more political murders (like we had in 2002, just a few days before the elections, and again in 2004), and world peace.
*hands Eline a tiara*
Someone else will have to sing, my voice has been a bit off as well.
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by Eline » Thu Nov 23, 2006 7:29 am
Rebis wrote:No vote, no voice.
As a 90's ad campaign in the UK once went.
Yup.
So I read their pamphlets and made a well-informed decision.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6172552.stm
And it's done! But what kind of coalition we will get now is not sure, neither left nor right has a majority, so there will be a long process of negotiations and all the nasty political stuff.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6170444.stm
And after that they will hopefully do some good things.
