Timmermans candidacy for Dutch PM angers right-wing

EU climate Chief Frans Timmermans’ potential candidacy for the joint list of the Labour Party (PvdA/S&D) and GroenLinks (GL/Greens) caused a stir among right-wingers, including from the Netherlands, on Thursday.

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“Frans Timmermans is the worst thing that can happen to the Netherlands. Sigrid Kaag with a beard and then worse. For maximum climate and nitrogen madness, for more EU, for more diversity, woke and asylum. The total downfall of the Netherlands. […],” Geert Wilders, leader of the Freedom Party (PVV/ID), tweeted. [Shutterstock/Alexandros Michailidis]

Benedikt Stöckl Euractiv.com 21-07-2023 06:29 4 min. read Content type: News Euractiv is part of the Trust Project

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