(15 May 2024)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Hague, Netherlands - 15 May 2024
1. Wide shot of media crews waiting for statements
2. SOUNDBITE (Dutch) Geert Wilders, Leader of PVV, Party for Freedom
“The good news is that we have a negotiating agreement. We will now present it to our party boards, hoping that we will finally reach a solution today, with or without amendments. We also spoke about the Prime Minister (candidates) today, and we will resume that conversation later, so I cannot tell you anything about that yet.”
3. Medium shot of Wilders leaves
4. Carolina van der Plas, leader of BBB party, Farmers Citizens Movement party, approaches media
5. SOUNDBITE (Dutch) Carolina van der Plas, leader of BBB party, Farmers Citizens Movement party:
“We have a negotiating agreement, and that is very nice. Also very nice for the Netherlands. I also congratulate the country on this one. “
6. Medium shot of Pieter Omtzigt, Leader of NSC, New Social Contract approaches media
7. SOUNDBITE (Dutch) Pieter Omtzigt, Leader of NSC party , New Social Contract:
“I have no problems with the candidates (Prime minister post). But we must wait patiently when Mr. (Geert) Wilders makes announcements about this part of the agreement.”
8. Medium shot of Omtzigt leaves
STORYLINE:
Anti-Islam firebrand Geert Wilders is on the verge of brokering a four-party coalition in the Netherlands six months after coming in first in national elections, opening the prospect that yet another European Union nation will veer toward the hard right weeks ahead of EU-wide elections.
Wilders has said he does not expect to become prime minister himself because he remains too extreme for his coalition partners, but his Party for Freedom would be the driving force in a four-party coalition.
With hard right and populist parties now part of or leading a half dozen governments in the 27-nation bloc, they appear positioned to make gains in the June 6-9 EU polls.
“The good news is that we have a negotiating agreement. We will now present it to our party boards, hoping that we will finally reach a solution today, with or without amendments,” Wilders told the media on Wednesday afternoon after the four parties reached a negotiating agreement.
It remains unclear who will become prime minister.
We also spoke about the Prime Minister (candidates) today, and we will resume that conversation later, so I cannot tell you anything about that yet” the extreme right wing party leader said.
AP video by Aleks Furula
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