Productions
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1 March 2010
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BBC Scotland / Eorpa
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Local elections in the Netherlands |
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The collapse of the Dutch government has presented the Dutch electorate with a problem to which no easy solution seems obvious. The government has split over the question of troops in Afghanistan, but this can be seen as merely the explosive element that has blown a precariously built coalition apart. The nature of Dutch politics makes it inevitable that another coalition will follow, possibly consisting of up to four parties, which would hardly be conducive to political coherency. As the larger parties fight amongst each other, the smaller parties are likely to reap the benefits – among them Geert Wilders’s anti-immigration Party of Freedom (PVV). Since local elections are held just before the national elections it will be the indicator to see how the Dutch political landscape will look the upcoming years. Christian democrat State Secretary of Defense and spin doctor Jack de Vries and resigned Minister Eberhart give their views, portraits and interviews at the Amsterdam Polder Mosque and filming campaigning in Almere, a new town in the polder, and one of just two in which the PVV from Wilders will stand in the local elections.
Activities: research, set-up and planning, driving, accompany filming, interviews and translations.