SP leader Lilian Marijnissen said she was happy to be present at the debate. She was also pleased that care was a topic in the debate tonight. She said it was a shame that Omtzigt and Timmermans ‘dive into this subject and are not clear about it’.
PVV leader Geert Wilders also regretted the absence of the two. He noted that it was the second time that he did not meet Timmermans in a debate, even though he had been invited to it.
Good news
“This debate and the debate for the south, where Timmermans and I both come from. He also canceled that. I think he realizes that he is going to lose the elections. And that is the good news,” he joked. Wilders.
VVD leader Yesilgöz also called the two leaders’ failure to show up ‘a missed opportunity’.
The debate is now underway. Follow it live below:
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