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🇳🇱Pieter Omtzigt’s new party ‘New Social Contract’ (NSC) finally released its electoral programme, titled: ‘Time for recovery’
NSC (a split from CDA) is polling high with a chance to emerge as the Netherlands’ largest party in next month’s elections.
Here are the key points👇🧵
NSC (a split from CDA) is polling high with a chance to emerge as the Netherlands’ largest party in next month’s elections.
Here are the key points👇🧵
🏛️INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS
-Instate a Constitutional Court
-Regionalised proportional representation like in Denmark/Sweden
-Introduce possibility of corrective referendums
-King should also pay taxes
-Reduce number of civil servants
-Frisian will be recognised in constitution
-Instate a Constitutional Court
-Regionalised proportional representation like in Denmark/Sweden
-Introduce possibility of corrective referendums
-King should also pay taxes
-Reduce number of civil servants
-Frisian will be recognised in constitution
🛂MIGRATION
-Goal: cut immigration to 50,000/year
-Introduce point-bases system for non-EU labour migrants
-Abolish the 30% tax credit for expats
-Force through more college education in Dutch to cut number of international students
-Increase tuition fees for non-EU students
-Goal: cut immigration to 50,000/year
-Introduce point-bases system for non-EU labour migrants
-Abolish the 30% tax credit for expats
-Force through more college education in Dutch to cut number of international students
-Increase tuition fees for non-EU students
-Oppose forced distribution of asylum seekers over municipalities
-Link repatriation of rejected asylum seekers to international development aid
-Split asylum system into two: one system for those from war-zones and other for non-war-zones
-Solidarity with Ukrainian refugees
-Link repatriation of rejected asylum seekers to international development aid
-Split asylum system into two: one system for those from war-zones and other for non-war-zones
-Solidarity with Ukrainian refugees
💶ECONOMY
-No big increase of minimum wage
-No energy tax up until usage of 1000 cubic metres
-Tax reform with lower burden for lower/middle incomes as goal
-Decrease administrative burden on small businesses
-Develop domestic industries for increased self-reliance
-No big increase of minimum wage
-No energy tax up until usage of 1000 cubic metres
-Tax reform with lower burden for lower/middle incomes as goal
-Decrease administrative burden on small businesses
-Develop domestic industries for increased self-reliance
🏘️HOUSING
-Oppose price regulations in ‘free’ rental market
-Local tax against property speculation
-Prioritise owner-occupied homes and homes in ‘free’ rental market
-At least 30%/homes per municipality = social (rent) housing
-Easier to split houses into multiple home units
-Oppose price regulations in ‘free’ rental market
-Local tax against property speculation
-Prioritise owner-occupied homes and homes in ‘free’ rental market
-At least 30%/homes per municipality = social (rent) housing
-Easier to split houses into multiple home units
🌱ENVIRONMENT
-Ban factory farms
-Oppose extra carbon taxes
-Abolish the law on reducing nitrogen pollution, tho still commit to reducing it
-Build 2 new nuclear reactors
-Continue extracting gas in North Sea
-Oppose wind turbines on land, discourage solar panels on land
-Ban factory farms
-Oppose extra carbon taxes
-Abolish the law on reducing nitrogen pollution, tho still commit to reducing it
-Build 2 new nuclear reactors
-Continue extracting gas in North Sea
-Oppose wind turbines on land, discourage solar panels on land
🏥HEALTHCARE
-Ban ads for unhealthy food
-Make payment of insurance deductibles flexible
-Small scale mental healthcare
-Dental care back in basic (mandatory) insurance package
-Discourage flexible labour contracts for nurses
-Encourage unemployed to reeducate for healthcare
-Ban ads for unhealthy food
-Make payment of insurance deductibles flexible
-Small scale mental healthcare
-Dental care back in basic (mandatory) insurance package
-Discourage flexible labour contracts for nurses
-Encourage unemployed to reeducate for healthcare
-No liberalisation abortion legislation
-No liberalisation right to euthanasia
-Oppose the new Transgender Bill that would make changing one’s legal sex easier
-Encourage elderly to live independently as long as possible
-Decrease dependency on international medicine market
-No liberalisation right to euthanasia
-Oppose the new Transgender Bill that would make changing one’s legal sex easier
-Encourage elderly to live independently as long as possible
-Decrease dependency on international medicine market
📚EDUCATION
-No free childcare
-Prioritise Dutch and maths in curriculum
-Easier to join teacher training/education
-Low interest rate on student loans for students between 2015-23 who didn’t have access to study financing
-Facilitate daycare by relatives/acquaintances
-No free childcare
-Prioritise Dutch and maths in curriculum
-Easier to join teacher training/education
-Low interest rate on student loans for students between 2015-23 who didn’t have access to study financing
-Facilitate daycare by relatives/acquaintances
🌐FOREIGN AFFAIRS
-Oppose trade deals that harm domestic food production
-Defence budget to 2% of GDP
-Continue military aid to Ukraine
-Oppose bigger EU budget
-Negotiate opt-outs from EU treaties/legislation
-Oppose common EU debt
-Referendum on new countries joining EU
-Oppose trade deals that harm domestic food production
-Defence budget to 2% of GDP
-Continue military aid to Ukraine
-Oppose bigger EU budget
-Negotiate opt-outs from EU treaties/legislation
-Oppose common EU debt
-Referendum on new countries joining EU
MY TAKE ON THIS:
It is clear that Omtzigt chooses for a conservative centre-right position, no surprise as he’s from centre-right CDA. However, 1/3-ish of his voters do come from left-leaning/progressive parties. Will he manage to retain those? It gives an opportunity to GL-PvdA
It is clear that Omtzigt chooses for a conservative centre-right position, no surprise as he’s from centre-right CDA. However, 1/3-ish of his voters do come from left-leaning/progressive parties. Will he manage to retain those? It gives an opportunity to GL-PvdA
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