Dutch ruling coalition's downfall caused by immigration, a political „hot topic”

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has resigned after the collapse of his governing coalition, as the dispute over the treatment of asylum seekers has proved intractable. As in most European countries, migration has been a hot topic on the Dutch political scene for years, coupled with all the related social and economic problems.

NETHERLANDS-POLITICS-GOVERNMENT Fotó: ROBIN UTRECHT

The recent riots in France have also shown that mass immigration has caused serious problems.

– The consensus among experts is that what we are seeing in France today is eerily similar to the Black Lives Matter movement that erupted in the United States not so long ago. On the one hand, the fact that the incoming immigrants will typically integrate into the lower stratas of society has led to the emergence of parallel communities and multicultural societies, in which the lurking negative sentiment that have been accumulating for a long time are now exploding, Ms Halko told Magyar Nemzet. She added that the problem also stems from the fact that France is facing very serious processes that have been generated artificially by past events and immutable ethnic characteristics: the so-called „revolutionary subjects” – or ethnic minorities – are encouraged to explicitly embrace extreme manifestations of anarchy as tactical self-defense against the allegedly violent social structure, namely by following the Alinsky’s theory.

Violent riots in France. Photo: Clement Mahoudeau

The aim is destabilization and dissolving public disorder. To date, there have been riots in more than 200 cities. The authorities have deployed some 45 000 police and gendarmes, hundreds of whom have been injured, while the rioters have set thousands of cars and ablaze, and looted shops and many bank branches.

I’m afraid it has to be said that the problems caused by illegal immigration have gone beyond France

– the expert said. 

As is known, the issue of mandatory quotas is back on the Brussels’ agenda, but experts say that this would not reduce illegal immigration, and would be another invitation letter for migrants. The recently adopted decision based on the mandatory redistribution of migrants is bleeding from several wounds: the EC has no mandate to make such a decision, and the idea of mandatory quotas violates the EU treaties on several points, Petra Halko stressed. She noted, that

„the European Union has become a systemic failure in terms of respecting and enforcing the law, while the most serious corruption scandals in the history of the community go unpunished.”

Therefore, the 2024 European Parliament elections do have a stake, as it’s important that EU citizens show up at the pools and vote, because it will not be a far-reaching opinion poll, the expert pointed out. – The citizens of Europe can now decide on the future direction of the EU, so that the bloc could have leaders who put the interests of the EU’s citizens first, rather than foreign interests, which is perhaps more urgent than ever, the senior analyst at 21st Century Instiute concluded.

Cover photo: Dutch PM Mark Rutte (Photo: ANP/AFP/Robin Utrecht)