It's not true, I think. First of all, if you entitle VVD as right-wing, either socially or economically, you haven't seen Dutch right-wing yet. How else could we describe the curiosity Geert Wilders? Or several prominent members of LPF? Ultra-right wing? I think that's not even true. There are people around with even more extreme, fascist aspects, but they don't form a party today. Mega-ultra right wing??
It's not easy today to pigeon-hole parties in the Netherlands. Even Labour and Green have moved at a numer of issues to the "right" as the historic social model was considered to have too many flaws.
Plus, Wilders ís pretty much as right as you can find them. Lower taxes, more roads, no turkey, tougher penalties, higher road limits- it is to the right of 'the' VVD, that's why he quit. But the VVD is not a right-right party, but centre-right nevertheless.
And that's what I more or less implied: VVD isn't right-wing, Wilders is, and largely the LPF is too.
I never said reform is rightish, there's actually a reason why conservative (anti-reform) parties are generally right-oriented. But that's not the point. I'm arguing that the solutions Labour and Green propose for certain problems have been cherry-picked from political programs generally proclaimed by CDA and VVD.
I think only Geert Wilders would find himself at home in the Republican party, the rest of the parties would call themselve Democrats in the US.
But you're right, I forgot the SGP.
(Hallo hello Americans lurking out there: can you resolve this issue for us? :-) ) *Lunatic*, n. One whose delusions are out of fashion.
