{"id":39574,"date":"2021-03-15T13:29:35","date_gmt":"2021-03-15T17:29:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.geopoliticalmonitor.com\/?p=39574"},"modified":"2021-03-15T13:29:35","modified_gmt":"2021-03-15T17:29:35","slug":"netherlands-votes-amid-covid-19-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.geopoliticalmonitor.com\/netherlands-votes-amid-covid-19-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"Netherlands Votes amid COVID-19 Pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Dutch citizens will vote over the course of the next three days to determine the composition of their next parliament. The contest is being watched closely for what it might signal for wider political trends on the continent, notably national-supranational and centrist-right tensions. Prime Minister Mark Rutte and his center-right People\u2019s Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) are expected to expand on their take from the 2017 election, when a collapse in support for the Labor Party (PvdA) resulted in a balkanized parliamentary landscape. But a close look at the polling and issues suggests that this won\u2019t be a triumph for centrist politics.<\/p>\n

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Centrist parties are benefiting from COVID-19 tailwinds, but don\u2019t read too much into the Dutch results. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":474,"featured_media":39575,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"audio","audio_file":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","filesize_raw":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1251],"series":[],"episode_featured_image":"https:\/\/www.geopoliticalmonitor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/RutteElection.jpg","episode_player_image":"https:\/\/www.geopoliticalmonitor.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/seriously-simple-podcasting\/assets\/images\/no-album-art.png","download_link":false,"audio_player":false,"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n