Mauro costs coalition support
The government’s insistence on not granting 18-year-old Angolan youth Mauro Manuel a residency permit has hit support for the minority coalition and its alliance partner, the anti-immigration PVV.
The CDA, VVD and PVV are down a combined five seats in the latest Synovate poll, compared with the poll of two weeks ago.
Synovate puts the VVD on 35, down two but still up four on its general election result. Partner CDA is on 14, down one on two weeks ago and down seven on its actual support in parliament.
The PVV is on 24 seats in the latest poll, the same as its actual total in parliament but two down on two weeks ago.
Labour, by contrast, is up two seats to 23, but still seven seats below its general election total. The SP is also up two and GroenLinks one.
A majority of the population think the youth, who has been in the Netherlands since 2003, should be allowed to stay.
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