Description
The Party for Freedom (PVV) is the largest PRR party in the Netherlands. While currently in opposition, the PVV has been closely involved in the 2010-2012 centre-right coalition government under a Tolerance Agreement, in which it supported the minority government without formally being part of it. The aim of this case study is to analyse the standpoints and influence of the PVV – and to a smaller extent to newer Forum for Democracy (FvD) – on health policy in the area of elderly care, curative care, public health, and the COVID-19 pandemic. The PVV’s agenda on healthcare is welfare chauvinistic; favouring increased government spending – especially for older adults and, in the context of COVID-19, healthcare workers – combined with the exclusion of certain minority groups and immigrants. During its time supporting a centre-right coalition, the PVV faced a trade-off between pursuing its electoral agenda and maintaining its position in office. The party maintained a strong focus on immigration and elderly care but conformed to the coalition at the expense of its welfare chauvinistic healthcare agenda. This resulted in liberal chauvinistic health policy in favour of cutting welfare spending in general, with a particular focus on minorities.| Period | 30 Aug 2021 → 3 Sept 2021 |
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| Event title | European Consortium for Political Research annual conference |
| Event type | Conference |
| Degree of Recognition | International |