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Your guess is correct. It is very common for us to have a coalition of three or more parties. Although the current coalition is one of two parties. This was th
by duijf 14y ago
Your guess is correct. It is very common for us to have a coalition of three or more parties. Although the current coalition is one of two parties.
This was the result of so-called strategic voters. Left-wing voters people feared that the VVD (the liberals) would become the largest party and voted for the PvdA (labour party) en masse.
Interestingly this resulted in even more right wing voters voting for the VVD, instead of a smaller party. Right now we are stuck with two titans—that also happen to have opposing views.
Fortunately both parties were able to form a coalition. Albeit with the necessary financial consequences. The labour party let the VVD cut mercilessly on government expenses, although it pretty much decided who should get hit the most; the higher incomes.