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RE: 9 Most Significant Things You Need To Know About The Turkey Vs. Netherlands Fiasco
Nice points. I agree with you especially eventual electoral gains of both parties.
Actually Erdogan's attitude isn't surprising to me, after the coup attempt in Turkey, EU and Turkey relations got worsened. The words of nazi and fascist are extremely rude and not fair, since nazis also invaded Netherlands at WWII. But I really did not understand the Dutch government's motive that banning an ally country's ministers meeting due to public safety and deporting another by police on road to Turkish consulate. Those are really hostile behaviours for a NATO ally.
In my opinion, the Dutch government made a big mistake by banning the Turkish ministers. But with the electoral incentive, I can understand why they did it. It just turned out to be a game changer in the election results. Before the incident with Turkey, Geert Wilders was gaining ground and close to Mark Rutte. Now, Geert Wilders has not won as much as projected before and Mark Rutte has won the elections.