The PvdA (Labour party) will go out of its way to confront the anti-Islam PVV in 2012, party leader Job Cohen says in an interview with Friday’s Telegraaf.

The new round of government spending cuts will force Wilders to choose between power and his supporters, Cohen said.
The PVV is not officially part of the government but has agreed to support the minority cabinet on economic policy in return for tougher immigration controls.
Cuts
However, cuts in student grants and a reduction in mortgage tax relief – two options for spending cuts which pundits believe are likely to be seriously considered – have both been rejected by the PVV leader already.
‘Wilders screams to mask things,’ Cohen told the paper. ‘He is masking everything that is going on and that he is responsible for.’
PVV voters should realise their interests are better served by the PvdA than the PVV, Cohen said, adding that Wilders is not interested in his political promises but keeping a position of power.
Polls
Cohen admitted that attacking the PVV was not the answer to the PvdA’s problems. The party is languishing in the polls, despite narrowly losing to the VVD Liberals in the July 2010 general election.
Labour has been hit by its support for the pension agreement and the eurocrisis, Cohen said. Wilders refused to back the cabinet on both pension reform and Europe.
Wilders dismissed Cohen’s attack on the PVV using the microblogging service Twitter. He is worried about his job as leader of the PvdArabs, Wilders stated.