In the Netherlands, the intervention in Afghanistan is still not popular
More than 2 out of 3 Dutch people do not approve of the idea of a new mission in Afghanistan. This is a survey published in the popular daily AD, conducted by the Maurice de Hond Institute, which says so. This rate jumped in a few days: it was 58% before the government presented a mission project. The slider varies between almost total opposition - 92% among sympathizers of the SP (the left-wing party), 88% among the voters of the PvdA, 85% of the PVV (Wim Wilders), 77% among the Greens of GroenLinks - to a more moderate opposition: 59% "against" the liberal left party D66, 53% among the Christian Democrats CDA, 42% among the liberals of the VVD. In the political parties, on the other hand, we are more in favor of intervention, with the exception of the SP, the Pvda and the PVV. And a majority could be formed in the chamber.
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