Prime Minister Mark Rutte is due to speak with BBB leader Caroline van der Plas soon. She tells BNR in the PM’s weekly press conference. According to Rutte, the victory of the BoerBurgerBeweging in the provincial elections is ‘an unequivocal signal from the voter’. “We’ll have to do something with this signal here in The Hague. Even in the toilet.’
Rutte tried to make an appointment with Van der Plas by calling. “But she was partying then,” she told political reporter Sophie van Leeuwen. “She texted me later saying we should make an appointment soon.” The Prime Minister would then like to ask you how you were able to achieve this success and how you see it. And then we’ll see what comes out of the conversation. According to Rutte, it is logical to enter into discussions with the president of a major party in the Senate. “I want to congratulate her, and then it might just be that we start talking about a number of current policy dossiers.”
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Rutte thinks it’s still too early to say exactly how the election outcome will be shaped in politics. To say more about this, one must first wait and see what coalitions and provincial executive councils form in the provinces, he said. Rutte called it “logical” that the BBB, being the largest party in every province, plays a “leading role”.
Rutte also did not say whether he was willing to give up on the tough goal of halving nitrogen emissions by 2030. The prime minister said Johan Remkes had already written in his nitrogen report that an interim assessment should be carried out. According to him, the deadline has already become ‘semi-permeable’: not completely watertight.
Source: BNR
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