Comments by "Paul Aiello" (@paul1979uk2000) on "Is the Netherlands Now Europe’s Most Right-Wing Government?" video.

  1. Will be interesting to see how long this coalition last and how much watering down on policies are needed to keep it together, any more radical policies going forward by the government could tear the government apart. This is the main issue I see with the more radical parties in that they don't really get along with each other, on the surface they can try but when push comes to shove on real policies, that's when things get heated. It's also a reason why moderate parties are far more successful overall, moderate parties are more likely to appeal to other parties and to appeal to a wider voting audience, in other words, for this government to really function well and get things done, they will likely have to water down some of their policies to a more moderate line, after all, it's not by chance that so many of the so called right wing extream parties around Europe have become more moderated when close to or in power, probably because the majority of the people don't want a lot of these radical swings or policies but are angry at the mainstream parties. Basically, Wilders has once chance here, if he messes it up by trying to go too extream on the policies or messing up the economy, the people will probably never vote that party in, hence why so many that do get into power, tone down a lot of their policies so they've got a chance of appealing to more voters, basically, the people have given them a chance, they best make the most of it by not messing up or they might not get another chance, and I suspect most voters don't want the country to be turned upside down which some of the more radical policies could do. Anyway, I suspect because of the way the coalition is set up, they probably won't be as much of a problem as some want to think, because if too many waves are started, the coalition could very well fall apart, and there's that constant threat of that happening if some of the more radical policies come in, so it wouldn't surprise me if a lot of the policies get watered down that they seem more moderate, a bit like many other parties that were seen as extream right wing did around Europe, so it's going to be interesting to watch this.
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