Dutch Green Party Rejects Proposal to Merge with Labor
Labor makes the Greens appear ungenerous after it had been accused of disloyalty to the left.
Parliamentary elections were held in the Netherlands on March 15. Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s liberal VVD placed first with 33 out of 150 seats. The social democratic Labor Party suffered an historic defeat, going down from 38 to nine seats.
Labor makes the Greens appear ungenerous after it had been accused of disloyalty to the left.
Labor’s top cabinet minister is expected to challenge Diederik Samsom.
The Netherlands’ Mark Rutte is similar to Hillary Clinton, Geert Wilders to Donald Trump.