https://luxzenburg.org/tags/fragmentation/Recent content in Fragmentation on LuxzenburgHugoenFri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://luxzenburg.org/posts/the_power_of_coherence/Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://luxzenburg.org/posts/the_power_of_coherence/<p><em>On how fragmentation works as a governance strategy, and why populists always win from it</em></p> <hr> <h2 id="1-a-pizza-nobody-could-eat">1. A pizza nobody could eat</h2> <p>On Budget Day 2026, the Dutch minority government led by Prime Minister Rob Jetten presented its first full budget. ABN AMRO, the country&rsquo;s largest bank, described the result aptly: a pizza of which each coalition party received a number of slices. D66 had its slices, the VVD its slices, the CDA its slices. Together, those three parties hold 66 seats in the lower house of parliament. A majority requires 76.</p>