Polling stations open this Thursday, June 6 in the Netherlands. The Dutch are the first to vote in the European elections.
The day before the election, a final televised debate took place to convince voters. And the war in Ukraine was at the heart of the candidates’ electoral programs.
“What I want is that we can be free and safe in the Netherlands, and for that we need a strong Europe. A Europe that is strong and can protect us from Putin. Right now, men and women are fighting 2,000 kilometers away, not only for their freedom and security, but also for ours. So we must support the Ukrainians to win and not Putin“, declared Malik Azmani, head of the VVD list.
“The PVV supports Ukraine in its fight against the Russian aggressor. We have already stated this in our electoral program and it is included in our main agreement. We had already included it in our electoral program. Look, Russia poses a security problem, perhaps, in the long term. But as far as I am concerned, the European Union is not the cornerstone of our security policy, but NATO is. We must therefore ensure our security through NATO, to ensure that NATO members are as strong as possible“, said Sebastiaan Stöteler, head of the PVV list.
“It is very important to work together when it comes to security. Together we are stronger. The PS is certainly in favor of this. But we must go further. If you don’t want war, you shouldn’t start it yourself. I am thinking, for example, of the war in Iraq or Afghanistan, where other parties later had to agree with the PS and declared: “We should not have started it and it did not return the safer world“, said SP lead Gerrie Elfrink.
More than 370 million Europeans are called to the polls from Thursday June 6 to elect the 720 MEPs.
