Dutch Parliament

History

2023: Far-right politician Geert Wilders wins election

In November 2023, far-right politician Geert Wilders won elections in the Netherlands and said he planned to lead the country's next government, a shock across Europe.

Wilders promised voters a binding referendum on leaving the EU and opposed the bloc's policies on issues such as climate change and immigration.

Later, in April 2024, on the eve of the European elections, Geert Wilders reneged on his promise to hold a "binding referendum on Nexit" and leave the EU.

Instead of leaving the EU entirely, Wilders is now proposing to "channel our energy into reforming the EU from within," according to the election programme of his far-right Freedom Party, published on April 6.

2022

Far-right PVV party seats share - 11%

As of September 26, 2022,

The proportion of women in parliament is more than 40%

Data for August 2022,

2017: Computers abandoned in elections due to Russian hackers

In March 2017, it became known about the plans of the Dutch government to abandon the use of computers during the elections due to fear of Russian hackers. The publication writes about this Politico.eu.

On March 15, 2017, parliamentary elections will be held in the Netherlands, in which about 13 million citizens are expected to take part. The counting of votes at more than 9 thousand polling stations will be carried out manually. How long this will take is not specified.

The Dutch authorities decided to abandon the use of electronic systems in the elections after the United States accused Russia of trying to influence the results of the presidential race through hacker attacks.

On March 15, 2017, parliamentary elections will be held in the Netherlands, in which about 13 million citizens are expected to take part

I do not want the results to raise doubts about the political climate in which we are now, "says Dutch Interior Minister Ronald Plasterk. - I can imagine how some party or professor will say somewhere that there remains a risk of hacking. And that could continue to pressure the election results.

The Dutch government tried using electronic voting in 2006, but abandoned the project because too many inaccuracies and vulnerabilities were found in the information system responsible for collecting votes that allowed fraudsters to fake election results. Even after 10 years, the country has not created a secure IT system for counting and counting votes, the source said.

In February 2017 , Rob Bertholee, director of the Dutch General Intelligence and Security Service, accused Russia of involvement in cyber attacks against the country's government to steal confidential data.

Earlier it became known about a cyber attack on computer systems during the first round of primaries in France. Foreign hackers are suspected of trying to hack.^[1]

See also

• Cyber crime
• Information security (Russian market)
• Information Security (Global Market)
• Cyber attacks

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