Only 10% of voters think Schoof I Cabinet is taking good measures

Voters of both opposition and coalition parties are not impressed with the agreements that the PVV, VVD, NSC, and BBB recently laid down in the Spring Memorandum. A poll by Ipsos I&O published on Thursday shows that only 10 percent of all voters think that the government is taking good measures. A third (33 percent) call them (very) “bad.” VVD voters, in particular, are not very enthusiastic.

Very few VVD voters (6 percent) are positive about the spring adjustment to the national budget, and 19 percent think it is bad. The rest have no opinion about it. More PVV voters are positive (12 percent), and about the same number (13 percent) call the decisions. BBB voters are most supportive of the measures: 22 percent, while 14 percent call them bad.

More than half of VVD voters and slightly less than half of NSC voters think that the government is postponing difficult choices. Fewer PVV and BBB voters, about a third, also see a delay.

The departure of NSC leader Pieter Omtzigt from national politics this week did not lead to major differences in the seats that the parties would win if there were parliamentary elections now. His new party started with 20 seats at the end of 2023, but has been losing a lot of support for a long time. Compared to last month, the NSC has dropped further, from 2 to 1 virtual seat.

The three largest parties remain close in the poll: PVV on 29 seats, GroenLinks-PvdA on 28, and VVD on 26. The CDA has 17 seats (now 5 in parliament) and the D66 has 12 (now 9). PvdD has 6 virtual seats, as does SP. BBB, DENK, FvD, JA21 (now 1) are all on 4 seats. Volt, ChristenUnie, and SGP are on 3 seats.