Top globalist, pro-immigration Eurocrat quits Brussels to run for Dutch leadership, and conservatives aren’t happy about it
Frans Timmermans, the EU commissioner responsible for the European Green Deal, is to quit Brussels in order to run for the leadership of the combined Labor (PvdA) and Green Left (GL) parties in his native Netherlands ahead of a general election expected in November.
The 62-year-old Labour politician, who is returning to Dutch politics after ten years, has already informed European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen of his decision, as reported by Dutch news portal Volksrant.
Timmermans is a former Dutch Labur Party (PvdA) MP and also served as foreign minister in the second government of Mark Rutte, who announced last week his intention to leave front-line politics after his latest coalition government collapsed over a disagreement on asylum and immigration reforms.
Timmermans was appointed EU commissioner in 2014 and vice-president of the European Commission, and from 2019 he was responsible for the implementation of the European Green Deal in Brussels.
Some conservatives are pointing to previous remarks from Timmermans to show how grave a threat he represents to the Netherlands if he comes to power. In regard to his stance on immigration, for example, Timmermans said in a speech while serving as. European Commissioner, he claimed that “diversity is humanity’s destiny,” and that “There will be no place, even in the remotest areas of this planet, that does not have diversity.“
He also asserted that “Europe will be diverse, just like all the other
parts of the world. The only question is how we deal with this
diversity. And my answer to that is: By making sure that our values
dictate how we deal with diversity and not by sacrificing values by
refusing diversity. That will bring us to hell as a society. If we don’t
get this right, I honestly believe that Europe will no longer be the
Europe we built. Europe will no longer be a place of peace and freedom.”
🇳🇱 BREAKING | Frans Timmermans @TimmermansEU, also known as the EU’s ‘Climate Pope’, has announced his candidacy as Party Leader for the now merged Labour & Green party for the Dutch General elections this November.
— Eva Vlaardingerbroek (@EvaVlaar) July 20, 2023
If Timmermans becomes our new prime minister, I sincerely… pic.twitter.com/C6Ogl12lUr
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