The right-wing liberal VVD has ruled out working together with Geert Wilders’ anti-Islam PVV, whatever the outcome of the March general election.

Party parliamentary chief Halbe Zijlstra told Radio 1 on Monday the PVV ‘is a party which the VVD can do nothing with and will not work together with.’

There is an unbridgeable gap between the two parties in many areas, Zijlstra said. For example, in terms of economic policy the PVV has gone behond the Socialists,’ he said.

There is also a wide difference between the two parties in terms of freedom of expression and freedom of education. ‘A Liberal party such as the VVD could never accept removing these freedoms for some sections of society,’ Zijlstra said.

Coalition

The VVD is currently in a two party coalition with the Labour party PvdA. Despite strong differences between them, there were no ‘moral or principle’ issues which could not be bridged, he said.

The PVV is on target in most opinion polls to win more than 30 seats at the March general election, which would make the party the biggest in the lower house of parliament. The VVD is hovering at around 25 seats.

However, the main parties have ruled out working with the PVV making it virtually impossible for Geert Wilders to become prime minister.