Dutch Christian Democrats win most seats

[atawa]

Originally posted by Hueij
It's the other stuff I'm worried about, euthanasia, abortion (although I doubt they can stop a 35+ years practice) and gay marriage.

That wont be a problem, only a small minority in parliament is for banning those things, wont happen anytime soon.

[germanos]

Rita Verdonk (number 2 on the Liberal's Party list) gets 10% more votes then Rutte!

crazy elections

[Robert]

Another reason for Rutto to leave.
Even the VVD voters prefered the #2 above the #1 on the list.

The VVD lost that much because of Rutte, not because of disagreement with the program or something.

[germanos]

Yeah, it's interesting to see what happens next. Will Rita claim her place? Or will Rutte stay claiming he was elected by the members of his party over Rita? Will the Liberals change to Rita's course in an effort to reclaim Wilder's vote?

Rita as a main opposition leader That'll be good for a few laughs

[germanos]

Coalition talks between Christian Democrats, Labour and Socialist Party have failed about a week ago. It appears now that talks between CD, Labour and Christian Union are progressing fine and a goverment is likely to be put up.

Expect a government to be 'left'-leaning on social-economic issues but 'right'-leaning on moral issues.