The political elite: “How can we impose our will on the people that way?”
WILDERS CALLS FOR BINDING REFERENDUMS ON POPULIST ISSUES
PVV leader Geert Wilders wants the Netherlands to introduce more and binding referendums in which citizens can have their say in policy. According to him, this is necessary because “time and again” the “political elite does exactly the opposite of what people want”.
Wilders wrote this in an opinion piece in the Volksrkant on Thursday.
With these statements, Wilders is pointing to the sometimes fierce disagreements about the Netherlands sheltering asylum seekers. “The asylum crisis is a symptom of a far deeper malady”, he wrote. “Namely a political elite that has lost touch with the people. Nowhere is it more evident than in the asylum debate. Most Dutch realize that mass immigration is not an enrichment but leads to loss of prosperity, security and identity.”
Wilders wants the Netherlands to follow Switzerland’s example. The country often holds referendums and maintains a form of direct democracy. “Dutch should get the chance more often to directly decide about their own fates in referendums.” he wrote. “The Swiss are a proud and patriotic people who will never sell out the wills to Brussels. We can learn a lot from them.”
More here. H/T: Andy Bostom
A communist dictatorship, unelected by the people, turning Europe into EUrabia. How the hell could we allow that to happen?
Exactly that Sheik, if not for the EU, and the statism that built it, we would not be having these problems, whatsoever.