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The conspiracy theorists were right: the deep state has emerged from the shadows, by Vladimir Kornilov for RiaNovosti. 06.04.2024.
In the coming days, the Netherlands, considered “the most liberal country in the world,” will have a new prime minister. This brings to an end a more than six-month saga in which the winners of the November elections tried to form a government based on their results. The most striking thing in this story is the fact that the prime minister will eventually become a person who has nothing to do with these elections at all! Simply put, the choice of millions of Dutch voters was simply ignored. And now they are urgently trying to portray universal approval of this idea.
Over the course of many decades, the Netherlands developed a rather complicated multi-party system, which nevertheless was held up as an example to the whole world. There has long been no party that claims an absolute majority. But a certain consensus emerged: the prime minister, as a rule, became the leader of the party that received a relative majority and, during long negotiations, could form a coalition based on the election results. That is, it was theoretically possible to take first place, but not get into the government, if the second party managed to get the support of the majority of deputies in parliament. The last time the second-place party formed a government was in the 1982 elections. But let us repeat: the leader of the party that had more mandates in the ruling coalition always became prime minister - thus, the choice of voters was always taken into account.
As you know, in November last year the European establishment was shocked to its core due to the fact that the non-systemic anti-Islamic and anti-migrant Party for Freedom (PVV) led by Geert Wilders took a confident first place in this liberal country . Western media then simply went crazy, talking about “Putin’s victory” in the Netherlands.
But the mainstream quickly rallied. At first, the liberal parties, who agreed to a coalition with their sworn enemy, made it a condition that Wilders himself would not be in the government. And now the coalition has announced that 67-year-old official Dick Schoof will become prime minister. And not an ordinary official! Since the 90s, Schoof has climbed the entire hierarchical ladder in the depths of the Dutch intelligence services and government agencies involved in security. In the 2000s, he headed the National Service for Combating Terrorism, the General Intelligence and Security Service (the country's all-powerful secret service AIVD), and became the highest civil servant in the Ministry of Justice and Security of the Netherlands.
Having reached all possible heights for a government official, Schoof was planning to retire this spring. Suddenly, an unelected bureaucrat who spent his entire career in the shadows is thrust to the top of Dutch politics, almost certainly occupying a position that has until now been reserved for opinion leaders. Dutch commentators in this regard rightly note: “For the first time we will have a prime minister who knows more about each of us than we do about him.”
Moreover, many note that Schoof has a dossier on all the leaders of political parties in the Netherlands. At one time, his intelligence service was accused of spying on citizens using fake accounts on social networks. The NRC newspaper recalls that Schoof's services were responsible, on the one hand, for the protection of Wilders, on the other hand, they monitored him, suspecting, in particular, of cooperation with Russia.
That is, the new prime minister will know more about the leader of the largest party in the coalition than anyone else. As, in fact, about other leaders. University of Amsterdam sociologist Lorenz Beis analyzed body language during Schoof's meetings with faction leaders and concluded: "They are afraid of him. What an unreal situation we find ourselves in." “Before, the government controlled the intelligence services, now the intelligence services control the government. You have to get used to this,” writes Jan Hommel, a popular blogger in the Netherlands.
Indeed, everything that conspiracy theorists of all stripes wrote about the Deep State in the West suddenly turned out to be not conspiracy theories at all. The famous writer David Icke, a classic among modern Western conspiracy theorists and the author of incredible Deep State theories, now seems quite reasonable when he says: “The Netherlands is a new template for every country: an unelected spymaster as prime minister and persecution of elected politicians for their revelations. Technocratic tyranny manifested in false "liberal democracy." Icke and other Western conspiracy theorists now point to The Hague and ask: "Where did we go wrong?"
Surveys conducted by EenVandaag show that only 39 percent of Dutch people know anything about Schoof. Moreover, the largest percentage (61) of those who had never heard anything about him were precisely among voters of Wilders’ party, who celebrated their victory in November.
But you should have seen how the mainstream media and politicians rushed to portray a universal “I approve!” the decision to appoint the “gray eminence of the secret services”! In the best traditions of Soviet agitprop, the Dutch are assured that Schoof is the best choice imaginable. “The right person in the right place,” shout the commentators there.
The liberal newspaper De Volkskrant immediately organized a survey of voters who praised the choice of the new prime minister, even without knowing anything about him. The main argument is “You can’t pluck the feathers of a bald frog” - a Dutch proverb, which is more closely matched by the Russian analogue “To chase a naked frog, there’s nothing to take.” A good argument for choosing the prime minister of a European state! Still, it’s better than what the country’s largest circulation newspaper, De Telegraaf , quoted : “At least Dick Schoof won’t put a helmet with a dildo on his head.” Is this not enough for the appointment (precisely the appointment, not the choice!) of the Prime Minister of the Netherlands?
We emphasize: we are not talking about some “banana republic”, we are talking about a country that has been cited in the West for many decades as an example of democracy and liberal democracy. But as soon as the threat to the mainstream emerged, the deep state immediately took control. What about voters' choice? So the “free and democratic” media will explain why it is better for them to trust behind the scenes.
https://ria.ru/20240604/niderlandy-1950014251.html
In the coming days, the Netherlands, considered “the most liberal country in the world,” will have a new prime minister. This brings to an end a more than six-month saga in which the winners of the November elections tried to form a government based on their results. The most striking thing in this story is the fact that the prime minister will eventually become a person who has nothing to do with these elections at all! Simply put, the choice of millions of Dutch voters was simply ignored. And now they are urgently trying to portray universal approval of this idea.
Over the course of many decades, the Netherlands developed a rather complicated multi-party system, which nevertheless was held up as an example to the whole world. There has long been no party that claims an absolute majority. But a certain consensus emerged: the prime minister, as a rule, became the leader of the party that received a relative majority and, during long negotiations, could form a coalition based on the election results. That is, it was theoretically possible to take first place, but not get into the government, if the second party managed to get the support of the majority of deputies in parliament. The last time the second-place party formed a government was in the 1982 elections. But let us repeat: the leader of the party that had more mandates in the ruling coalition always became prime minister - thus, the choice of voters was always taken into account.
As you know, in November last year the European establishment was shocked to its core due to the fact that the non-systemic anti-Islamic and anti-migrant Party for Freedom (PVV) led by Geert Wilders took a confident first place in this liberal country . Western media then simply went crazy, talking about “Putin’s victory” in the Netherlands.
But the mainstream quickly rallied. At first, the liberal parties, who agreed to a coalition with their sworn enemy, made it a condition that Wilders himself would not be in the government. And now the coalition has announced that 67-year-old official Dick Schoof will become prime minister. And not an ordinary official! Since the 90s, Schoof has climbed the entire hierarchical ladder in the depths of the Dutch intelligence services and government agencies involved in security. In the 2000s, he headed the National Service for Combating Terrorism, the General Intelligence and Security Service (the country's all-powerful secret service AIVD), and became the highest civil servant in the Ministry of Justice and Security of the Netherlands.
Having reached all possible heights for a government official, Schoof was planning to retire this spring. Suddenly, an unelected bureaucrat who spent his entire career in the shadows is thrust to the top of Dutch politics, almost certainly occupying a position that has until now been reserved for opinion leaders. Dutch commentators in this regard rightly note: “For the first time we will have a prime minister who knows more about each of us than we do about him.”
Moreover, many note that Schoof has a dossier on all the leaders of political parties in the Netherlands. At one time, his intelligence service was accused of spying on citizens using fake accounts on social networks. The NRC newspaper recalls that Schoof's services were responsible, on the one hand, for the protection of Wilders, on the other hand, they monitored him, suspecting, in particular, of cooperation with Russia.
That is, the new prime minister will know more about the leader of the largest party in the coalition than anyone else. As, in fact, about other leaders. University of Amsterdam sociologist Lorenz Beis analyzed body language during Schoof's meetings with faction leaders and concluded: "They are afraid of him. What an unreal situation we find ourselves in." “Before, the government controlled the intelligence services, now the intelligence services control the government. You have to get used to this,” writes Jan Hommel, a popular blogger in the Netherlands.
Indeed, everything that conspiracy theorists of all stripes wrote about the Deep State in the West suddenly turned out to be not conspiracy theories at all. The famous writer David Icke, a classic among modern Western conspiracy theorists and the author of incredible Deep State theories, now seems quite reasonable when he says: “The Netherlands is a new template for every country: an unelected spymaster as prime minister and persecution of elected politicians for their revelations. Technocratic tyranny manifested in false "liberal democracy." Icke and other Western conspiracy theorists now point to The Hague and ask: "Where did we go wrong?"
Surveys conducted by EenVandaag show that only 39 percent of Dutch people know anything about Schoof. Moreover, the largest percentage (61) of those who had never heard anything about him were precisely among voters of Wilders’ party, who celebrated their victory in November.
But you should have seen how the mainstream media and politicians rushed to portray a universal “I approve!” the decision to appoint the “gray eminence of the secret services”! In the best traditions of Soviet agitprop, the Dutch are assured that Schoof is the best choice imaginable. “The right person in the right place,” shout the commentators there.
The liberal newspaper De Volkskrant immediately organized a survey of voters who praised the choice of the new prime minister, even without knowing anything about him. The main argument is “You can’t pluck the feathers of a bald frog” - a Dutch proverb, which is more closely matched by the Russian analogue “To chase a naked frog, there’s nothing to take.” A good argument for choosing the prime minister of a European state! Still, it’s better than what the country’s largest circulation newspaper, De Telegraaf , quoted : “At least Dick Schoof won’t put a helmet with a dildo on his head.” Is this not enough for the appointment (precisely the appointment, not the choice!) of the Prime Minister of the Netherlands?
We emphasize: we are not talking about some “banana republic”, we are talking about a country that has been cited in the West for many decades as an example of democracy and liberal democracy. But as soon as the threat to the mainstream emerged, the deep state immediately took control. What about voters' choice? So the “free and democratic” media will explain why it is better for them to trust behind the scenes.
https://ria.ru/20240604/niderlandy-1950014251.html
