More divisions have emerged between the four Dutch coalition parties, with Dilan Yesilgöz, leader of the right-wing VVD, expressing frustration on a television talk show on Sunday over Geert Wilders’ repeated threats to collapse the cabinet.

“I’m fed up with the way coalition party leader Geert Wilders threatens to bring down the cabinet every week,” Yesilgöz said.

On Friday, Wilders once again warned that he would withdraw support for the cabinet if its four member parties did not back measures to reduce the number of asylum seekers entering the country. He said he could even see the collapse happening within days.

“It’s becoming a bit tiresome, this weekly threat to let the government collapse,” Yesilgöz said. “I’ve had enough of it. Voters want change, especially stricter asylum policies and better integration… Let us focus on stability.”

Far right

Meanwhile, Wilders spoke at a gathering of European far-right leaders in Madrid over the weekend, praising former US president Donald Trump as bringing “a message of hope after years of misery, corruption, and deceit by leftist liberal elites.”

“President Trump is to us like a brother in arms,” Wilders told the audience at the European “Patriots” meeting, which has adopted Elon Musk’s slogan “Make Europe Great Again.”

Wilders also met with Kevin Roberts, head of the right-wing think tank Heritage Foundation, describing him as “a great mind and a true friend.”

Roberts is regarded as the chief architect of Project 2025, a controversial plan for Trump’s presidency that aims to crack down on immigration, dismantle LGBTQ+ and abortion rights, and reduce environmental protections.

The Heritage Foundation has previously provided financial support to Wilders’ PVV party.

The Patriots group also welcomed Israeli right-wing party Likud, which is lead by Benjamin Netanyahu as an “observer party” during the weekend gathering.