Dutch politics: Wilders releases Nexit in PVV program European elections

NETHERLANDS: The PVV is no longer advocating for the Netherlands to leave the European Union. In the program for the European elections of June 6, Geert Wilders' party abandons the idea of a Nexit. The PVV does want to reform the EU from within.

The PVV wants to limit the power of Brussels, as can be read in the election manifesto 'Netherlands on 1'. According to the party, European cooperation has gone too far. Wilders wants to restore control to the member states. National sovereignty must come first.
In the election manifesto for the national elections last year, the PVV advocated a binding referendum on a Nexit, a departure of the Netherlands from the European Union. But the party has now abandoned that plan. "Working together with other countries is fine, but while maintaining our national sovereignty and identity."
Right-wing radical parties are on the rise in many EU countries. Wilders thinks that together they can significantly change the course in Europe after the elections. "Because in recent years, we have slowly swung further into the EU trap," he writes in the foreword.
Just as in the Netherlands, the PVV also wants to work hard in Europe to significantly limit the flow of asylum. In case that does not work, the party wants the possibility of a Dutch exceptional position in the areas of migration and asylum.
It is not the first position that Wilders has weakened now that government participation beckons. The PVV previously shelved controversial anti-Islam bills and Wilders said that military support to Ukraine is no longer taboo. He even appeared willing to give up the premiership if that paves the way for a cabinet of PVV (far right), VVD (right liberal), NSC (social conservative) and BBB (farmer citizen party).
(Source: RTLnieuws.nl)