The Netherlands' snap parliamentary election on October 29, 2025, reflects the crisis of bourgeois democracy and political stalemate in Europe.
The vote represents a power struggle among the ruling elite, rather than addressing the urgent interests of the masses, amidst social, economic, and geopolitical turmoil.
What is unfolding in the election outcome is not “a renewal of liberal democracy” but a managed reconfiguration of a ruling elite desperate to stabilise a collapsing bourgeois order.
Author's summary: Dutch election reflects Europe's political stalemate.