Dutch voters have been seduced by positivity – liberals elsewhere, take note | Simon van Teutem

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : We use Google reCaptcha to protect our website and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.after newsletter promotionThe party even proposed a millionaires’ tax.
52% : Not: “You defend the Netherlands while I defend the EU, the UN or international law” but rather: “We defend the Netherlands on our terms.”3 Take off the gloves when you need toOne thing stood out during the debates.
51% : A civilisation obsessed with averting every possible ill renders itself incapable of doing any measurable good.2 Be proudly patrioticFor years, nationalism was considered the preserve of the right.
47% : Jetten avoided needless squabbles with ideologically adjacent parties and focused instead on his polar opposite.4 Tell an unapologetically left wing economic storyGiven how many people vote for the right on cultural issues, polling data from the Netherlands reveals how leftwing many are on economic questions.Most voters across nearly all Dutch parties support taxing labour less and capital more.Accordingly, D66 campaigned for a more progressive inheritance and gift tax, the abolition of a regressive mortgage interest deduction and, above all, higher rewards for work.skip past newsletter promotionSign up to This is EuropeThe most pressing stories and debates for Europeans – from identity to economics to the environmentPrivacy Notice: Newsletters may contain information about charities, online ads, and content funded by outside parties.

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