Kuiken previously criticized Kaag during a New Year’s speech last month. Shortly before, the D66 leader himself had lashed out against right-wing extremists and conspiracy theorists. Kuiken then accused her of not paying enough attention to the social issues that provide fertile ground for their ideas.
Left cloud
The VVD also has to suffer again. Prime Minister Mark Rutte, who warned in an interview last week that the hardworking Dutch will pay the price if the “left cloud” of PvdA and GroenLinks takes over, “fills the pages of newspapers with scaremongering,” says Kuiken . According to her, he does it “on behalf of pawnbrokers” and large corporations. “If the right is talking about ‘hardworking Holland’, then it’s not about you,” warns the PvdA leader.
Rutte also lacks a story of his own, says Kuiken, who has repeatedly called the joint meeting and upcoming campaign historic.