DavidB.
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« on: February 02, 2015, 06:12:18 AM » |
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Dutch provincial elections will be held on March 18. The Dutch provincial councils will afterwards vote for the Senate, so the provincial elections are indirectly Senatorial elections as well. Many voters therefore focus on the Senate rather than the provincial councils.
The current Liberal-Labor government doesn't have a majority in the Senate, so it relies on support of D66 (LibDem), ChristianUnion and the orthodox Protestant SGP party. However, this five-party coalition might end up with a minority in the Senate after the provincial elections, because the current government is pretty unpopular - the Labor Party is currently polling all-time lows. This would bring new difficulties to the government, and many speculate about the coalition falling apart after the provincial elections.
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