Dutch withdrawal from the European Union

Nexit (a portmanteau of "Netherlands" and "exit") is the hypothetical withdrawal of the Netherlands from the European Union.^[1] An opinion poll on the subject, held in January 2020, showed a 33% minority in favour of withdrawal.^[2]

Location of the Netherlands in the European Union

Political initiatives

Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte called the possibility of a referendum "utterly irresponsible" and dangerous to the country.^[1] Political parties that are Hard Eurosceptic, or have called for a referendum on European Union membership, include the right-wing populist^[3][4] Party for Freedom and Forum for Democracy.^[5][6]

Public opinion

Date(s) conducted	Polling Firm	Sample	Remain	Leave	Undecided	Lead	Ref
August 2024	LISS	1,276	70%	10%	—	60%	[7]
5–9 June 2020	I&O Research	1,638	75%	25%	—	50%	[8]
19–24 April 2019	I&O Research	2,510	72%	16%	12%	56%	[9]
25–28 March 2019	EenVandaag	27,652	64%	29%	7%	37%	[10]
18–22 January 2019	I&O Research	2,510	72%	18%	10%	54%	[11]
11–13 September 2018	Ipsos	1,017	55%	21%	24%	34%	[12]
6 March – 7 April 2017	Pew Research	1,006	80%	18%	2%	62%	[13]
5–7 July 2016	EenVandaag	25,681	53%	39%	8%	14%	[14]
23 June 2016	The United Kingdom votes to leave the EU.
10–20 June 2016	EenVandaag	27,000	45%	48%	7%	3%	[15]
27–31 May 2016	TNS Public Affairs	981	49%	33%	18%	16%	[16]
4–7 March 2016	I&O Research	2,510	67%	22%	11%	45%	[17]

Polling

A poll in the Netherlands by the Pew Research Center in June 2016, conducted before the British referendum which led to the withdrawal of the UK from the EU, found 51% of the Dutch respondents to have a positive view of the European Union and 46% a negative view.^[18] Another poll by peil.nl in the aftermath of the 2016 British referendum found 50% of the respondents to be against a similar referendum in their country, with 46% of those in favour of remaining in the EU compared to 43% overall against remaining.^[1]

See also

• Brexit
• Withdrawal from the European Union
• Euroscepticism § the Netherlands
• Danish withdrawal from the European Union (Danexit)
• Frexit
• Greek withdrawal from the eurozone (Grexit)
• Hungarian withdrawal from the European Union (Huxit)
• Polish withdrawal from the European Union (Polexit)
• Romanian withdrawal from the European Union (Roexit)