In order to push VVD leader Rutte out of the Torentje, the CDA brooded this spring on an un-Dutch hard anti-campaign against the coalition partner. Without CDA stamp, with personal attacks Rutte had to be blackened, write parliamentary reporters Peter Kee and Thijs Broer in their book Code Red, which appeared on Tuesday.
Within the CDA top, Wopke Hoekstra was regarded as the improved version of VVD leader Rutte, but with only ‘connection’ preaching and a mild campaign, the battle would become too difficult, strategists feared.
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