A recent RTL Nieuwspanel survey shows that 25 percent of Dutch voters have lost confidence in every political party. This distrust is especially strong among those who voted for Nieuw Sociaal Contract (NSC), with 32 percent expressing no trust, as well as voters for BBB (28 percent) and PVV (26 percent).
Political options aren’t ruined by two-party system, so there’s flexibility.
Options and diversity generally results in progress and balance.
Well… We’ve had this system for some time now and we can’t really say our government is super stable lately. In fact, the splintering pretty much makes it impossible to set a clear course. Plus, most parties make hot button issues their hill to die on so they’ll just pull ultimatums all the time and threaten to blow up the government if they don’t get what they want. Even if the Algemene Rekenkamer tells everyone that their plans are inexecutable.
Sure, there are options, but they’re not terribly different from last time. It’s always possible to get something great, but I don’t see how hopes are particularly higher now than they were e.g. at the last elections.
There’s an increased likelihood of a party changing and causing a break in stalemate situations. Doesn’t mean it’ll happen, but there is an increased likelihood.
Yeah, but that just means that we might be able to avoid stalemates - not necessarily that we’ll get a government that’s better than usual 😅