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  • Darkblue@lemmy.worldtotumblr@lemmy.worldLanguages are weird
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    9 months ago

    Yeah, I think you are confusing the German with the Dutch. (Which happens a lot…)

    Dutch generally speak several languages. Germans in general speak only German and rudimentary English (if you’re lucky).

    (A common Dutch gripe with visiting German tourists is that Germans just assume the Dutch speak German (which they mostly do, so okay, they’ve got a point, but still) and just start speaking German without asking first)






  • Don’t worry, the headline is too sensational. (Which is a pet peeve of mine anyway: headlines should be objective. I can make up my own mind please)

    He didn’t win a majority. He won’t form a goverment. If he does, he will be powerless in the coalition. If he does get to make laws, they won’t pass the senate (called “1ste kamer” in NL). And if he does, the government will fall anyway (which is a Dutch tradition anyway).

    So a lot of ‘outs’ :)

    No worries!


  • Don’t worry. He didn’t win the majority. Headline is too sensational.

    The Netherlands has always been a centrist, or even socialist, country. That won’t change.

    In fact, this could be a blessing in disguise: let him try to form a goverment. He won’t. And if he does, he will fail making policies/laws that are too far right anyway. And then after a few years, the coalition will fall apart. And we will vote again. And then he will lose this temporary win again.

    I am 0% worried.