JA21 Leader Signals Right-Wing Focus, โขOpen to coalition with PVV and CDA
teh โขJA21 party, โขcurrently โpolling forโฃ seven to โeleven seats โขin the upcoming Dutch elections, is signaling a willingness to participate in government, but only as part of a center-right coalition. Party leader Robbert Eerdmans emphasized his openness to collaboration with other parties, including theโค PVV and CDA, even if it requiresโ compromise on specific โpolicy points.This positioning comes as other parties begin to โdefine their potential coalition paths less than two months before voters head to the polls.
Eerdmans’ remarks,โ delivered in a recent โฃspeech, underscore a desire for a โ”stable, decisive center-right coalition,” directly addressing concerns about potential instability raisedโ by PVV leaderโข Geert Wilders’ โขexpressed preference for a minority government. โฃThe JA21 leader questioned whether โa minority coalition is the appropriate response to the current political landscape, while together highlighting the party’s commitment toโฃ avoiding a left-leaning government.
According toโ a weighted average of polls from IPSOS I&O and Verian/ EenVandaag, JA21’s potential โขseatโข count places it as aโค significant player in โขforming a governing majority. Eerdmans specifically welcomed recent additions to the JA21 candidate list, former NSC MP Diederik Boomsma, whom he called “our classroom andโข great number 6,” and former PVV State secretary Ingrid Coenradie, who is positionedโ as the party’s number 3,โฃ behind Eerdmans and Annabel Nanninga.
The JA21 leader’s statements drew a pointed response from Pieter van Bontenbal,who challenged the CDA to “confess color” and avoid aligning with more left-leaning parties. Van Bontenbal explicitly stated his โฃopposition to a cabinet that woudl continue policies of “uncontrolled โimmigration” and increased involvement with Brussels.