Dutch withdrawal from the European Union
A hypotheticised Dutch withdrawal from the European Union, sometimes referred to as a "Nexit" (based on "Brexit", the common name for a British withdrawal from the European Union), [1] is a proposal with limited support in the Netherlands.
A poll by the Pew Research Center in June 2016, before the British referendum, found the Dutch to have a 46% negative view of the European Union, but over 51% of their population found to have a positive view towards it.[2] Another poll, by peil.nl in the aftermath of the British vote, found 50% of the Dutch population to be against a similar referendum in their country and 46% to favour remaining in the union (compared to 43% against).[1]
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte called the possibility of a referendum "utterly irresponsible".[1] The most popular party to advocate it is the right-wing populist[3][4] Party for Freedom; its leader Geert Wilders made it a key issue in their manifesto for the 2017 general election, where his party initially led the polls but ended up as a distant second behind the pro-EU VVD.[1] Other parties believing in EU withdrawal or holding a referendum include: VoorNederland, the Libertarian Party,[5] the Socialist Party, 50PLUS and Forum for Democracy.[6][7]
Public opinion
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Date(s) conducted | Conducted by | Remain | Leave | Undecided | Lead | Sample |
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11–13 September 2018 | Ipsos | 55% | 21% | 24% | 34% | 1,017 |
6 March–7 April 2017 | Pew Research | 80% | 18% | 2% | 62% | 1,006 |
5–7 July 2016 | EenVandaag | 53% | 39% | 8% | 14% | 25,681 |
23 June 2016 | The United Kingdom votes to leave the EU. | |||||
10–20 June 2016 | EenVandaag | 45% | 48% | 7% | 3% | 27,000 |
27–31 May 2016 | TNS Public Affairs | 49% | 22% | 18% | 27% | 981 |
4–7 March 2016 | I&O Research | 67% | 22% | 11% | 45% | 2,510 |
See also
- Frexit, a similar hypothetical proposal in France
- Greek withdrawal from the eurozone, another hypothetical suggestion.
- Euroscepticism
References
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- ↑ Merijn Oudenampsen (2013). "Explaining the Swing to the Right: The Dutch Debate on the Rise of Right-Wing Populism". In Ruth Wodak, Majid KhosraviNik, Brigitte Mral. Right-Wing Populism in Europe: Politics and Discourse. A&C Black. p. 191.
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External links
- Dutch language article in the Volkskrant February 2014 article, reactions on a report written by Capital Economics commissioned by the eurosceptical Party for Freedom about leaving the EU.
- Dutch language article in NRC by Tom-Jan Meeus 17 november 2018