The Liberal VVD and the NSC want the Dutch cabinet to sign up for the boycott announced by the European Commission, which says it will only send civil servants to informal meetings in Hungary during the country’s six-month presidency.
But Geert Wilders’ PVV and the BBB disagree, with one PVV parliamentarian describing the VVD’s position as “madness”. Wilders is a long-time ally of Orbán and PVV MEPs have joined his “patriots” grouping within the European parliament.
Prime minister Dick Schoof has said the Netherlands will decide on a meeting-by-meeting basis who to send to Hungary.“ (…)
https://www.dutchnews.nl/2024/07/dutch-coalition-divided-on-hungary-vvd-and-nsc-back-boycott/
