“Congratulations”, tweeted the Belgian Prime Minister last night to Mark Rutte. The BBC writes that this election result means that Rutte can start a fourth term of office, despite the fact that his government had to step down earlier this year due to the benefits affair.
‘One more chance’
“Voters are apparently giving the prime minister one more chance,” writes BBC political reporter Anna Holligan. “He promised to resolve the corona crisis, but that crisis continued to unfold while he was prime minister.”
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‘Teflon Mark’
The Guardian refers to the prime minister nicknamed ‘Teflon Mark’ because he seems to get away with everything unscathed. According to the British newspaper, Rutte is still a popular prime minister.
‘Big surprise’
The German newspaper The world notes that a ‘new female star’ has appeared on the scene in The Hague. The arrival of Sigrid Kaag was, according to the German journalists, ‘a big surprise’.
View all the emotions that came up during election night here, from winners to losers:
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Tricky formation
The Belgian newspaper The standard writes that Rutte won the elections ‘as expected’. According to the Belgians, it will be difficult to form a formation.
The French newspaper The world also writes about ‘Teflon Mark’. According to the French, the prime minister faces a ‘complex task’ to form a coalition, due to the ‘fragmented political landscape’. One thing is certain, reports Le Monde: Rutte will never rule with Geert Wilders (PVV) because of ‘what he said about Islam and the Koran’.
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