{"id":17915,"date":"2025-06-23T21:06:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-23T20:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/letrat.eu\/?p=17915"},"modified":"2025-08-11T07:47:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T06:47:17","slug":"who-says-what-in-nl-about-the-us-attack-of-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/letrat.eu\/?p=17915","title":{"rendered":"Who says What in NL, about the US attack on Iran?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Senad Guraziu – Ars Poetica, June 23, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n

…it is known that Belgium, Netherlands etc. can operate like an automatic political machine, as if nobody cares, citizens expect that Belgium, Netherlands, Luxemburg etc. can function very well without any cabinet or government at all, simply automatically<\/strong> : )<\/p>\n

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\nAs the world knows, in the 1st week of June (2025), the right-wing Dutch cabinet had collapsed, just 11 months after ministers were sworn in, and after months of \u201cheavy negotiations\u201d (after the last elections). The cabinet that took a record 223 days to put together, almost 1 year. Dutch coalition government was an alliance between the VVD, PVV, BBB and NSC.
\nThe \u201cfalls\u201d of governments in the Netherlands have now become so common, almost as if they have become \u201ctraditional\u201d. Experts and those involved in politics of course they know better than me, but in my opinion this \u201chistory of falls\u201d can be considered now a \u201ctradition\u201d, the falls go on for at least the last 2 decades. It seems to me that The Hague has already \u201cbecome accustomed\u201d to cabinet acrobatics.
\nThus we have at least 20 years of \u201ctradition\u201d, the history of falls is repeated at least since (if you remember the \u201caffairs of peacekeeping missions\u201d, the Srebrenica missions) the Kok II Cabinet, 1998-2002.
\nAnd now again\u2026 again and again. Some opposition party leaders had welcomed the cabinet collapse. According to D66 leader Rob Jetten some \u201ccoalition parties allowed themselves to be taken hostage by Wilders\u201d.
\nHenri Bontebal of the CDA had described the coalition as reckless and irresponsible. Bontebal had said \u201cWe\u2019ve had a year of political amateurism, the Dutch politics came to a standstill\u2026 the PVV, VVD, NSC and BBB were busy with their own issues rather than the country itself.\u201d<\/p>\n

But why the Dutch cabinet collapsed now? I don\u2019t know exactly, how could I know the real reasons : ) Perhaps even Mr. Wilders himself has no clue. The collapse came after far-right politician Geert Wilders pulled out of the right-wing coalition, because of a dispute over anti-immigration measures his party had proposed.
\nThe cabinet has fallen but the current ministers (except the PVV ones) will stay \u201con the duty\u201d, in a caretaker capacity (demissionair), until the aftermath of the new general election, when time comes. The problem is, new elections will not take place until the autumn. But when time comes, once the votes have been counted, the process of forming a new government will begin \u2013 a process which again may take months, if not a whole year.<\/p>\n

Everybody knows that forming a Dutch coalition can be a tricky challenge, the last time was 223 days, who knows about the next time, to have a functional government it requires at least 76 of the 150 seats in the Dutch parliament. Myself, it\u2019s true, I\u2019m really apolitical, 100% apolitical, yet sometimes as if I \u201cfeel\u201d I could help, as an intermedieter, if they only had asked, unfortunately the parties never ever have asked me for any kind of help, so far they needed no advices from me, no opinions, no fresh ideas, nothing at all : )<\/p>\n

Thus\u2026 the Netherlands right now is functioning without a real cabinet. It\u2019s the same \u201ccabinet\u201d, almost the same, yet it is not \u2013 has fallen, how could it be the same. But this wasn\u2019t my concern \u2013 it is known that Belgium, the Netherlands, etc., can operate perfectly without any government, just like automatic political machines : )
\nIn 2010-11, Belgium needed a total of 541 days of \u201cnegotiations\u201d, they talked and talked, they agreed and disagreed, finally a government coalition was appointed after a total of 541 days of negotiations and after 589 days of state functioning without a government. If we consider that Brussels always pretends to be the \u201ccapital\u201d of Europe, they always tell the world they are a \u201cmodel capital\u201d for advanced EU policies\u2026 then there\u2019s no surprise, we should expect Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, etc., can function very well without any cabinet, without any politics or government at all, simply automatically.<\/p>\n

My concern was who speaks now truly for the \u201cstance of the Netherlands\u201d in relation to US attacks on sites in Iran, about the possibility of escalation of war in the region. It\u2019s so important now, it\u2019s so crucial to have a voice, more important than ever. As we know, the USA is NATO, and all of us are members. Europe gave Trump almost a trillion extra dollars for NATO\u2026 so who speaks now in the Netherlands; the King himself, perhaps the Queen, each of the politicians for themselves, the National Council about Wars, perhaps the \u201ccaretaker capacity\u201d politicians can speak for all of us, etc., etc. \u2013 that was my little concern.<\/p>\n

And all I found while crawling the Dutch media spectrum, was nothing \u2013 so far the Dutch politicians are really \u201csilent\u201d, which means they are \u201cpro\u201d US attacks on Iran, 100% pro. The silence is the way Dutch politics shows to the world that NL is in accordance with US politics. Even the \u201ccaretaker\u201d Prime Minister Schoof is extremely \u201cdiplomatic\u201d and careful with his words, he believes it is \u201cof the utmost importance that Iran never obtains a nuclear weapon\u201d. Thus that\u2019s also clear, he fully agrees with thousands of silent Dutch politicians.<\/p>\n

Some opposition parties have said they are extremely concerned by the US attack on Iran. According to NOS, GroenLinks-PvdA leader Frans Timmermans has labelled the US attack on Iran as \u201ca reckless act\u201d. Socialist Party leader Jimmy van Dijk had described the attack as \u201cyet another illegal American war\u2026 the Netherlands must not get involved in any way\u201d. D66 MP Jan Patternote has said \u2013 \u201cGaza threatens to disappear from the news, even though people are being shot just for going to get food\u201d.
\nThis is all that I can \u201creport\u201d for now about the Dutch voices concerning the US bombardments on Iran.
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