There is an election in the Netherlands this Wednesday and it seems likely that the two ruling parties used this incident to try and gain support for their losing positions. The present Dutch foreign minister, the miserable Bert Koenders of the Labour party will lose his seat as will most of his colleagues and this is the only positive outcome of all of this. 

This story is far from over. It shows how a small cynical ploy by an opportunistic foreign minister can lead to all kinds of unforeseen consequences. One could link this to the opportunistic rantings of Ms Freeland to apologize for Ukrainian nazis, but that would be unkind.