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Geert Wilders named Dutch Politician of the Year for the third time

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Right-wing populist Geert Wilders has been named Dutch Politician of the Year for the third time. The anti-immigration and anti-Islam MP likens the Koran to Hitler’s ‘Mein Kampf’ and wants to close national borders to stop an “Islamic invasion.” Never before has a politician won the award on three occasions. The Dutch Politician of the Year award is nominated annually by EenVandaag,... 

Dutch Nationalist To Face Trial For Not Wanting Anymore Moroccans In His Country

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Dutch far-right leader Geert Wilders, seen here in May 2014 in Brussels, sparked outrage over his ‘fewer Moroccans’ comments. Dutch far-right populist lawmaker Geert Wilders is be tried for inciting “racial hatred” after pledging in March to ensure there were ‘fewer Moroccans’ in the Netherlands, prosecutors said Thursday. ‘The public prosecutor in The Hague... 

Dutch MP: EU cares about expansion, not Ukraine

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The EU is responsible for “the mess” in Ukraine, Geert Wilders, Holland’s Party for Freedom leader, told RT. Wilders wonders why the bloc has got involved in a country where half the population is against joining Europe. Wilders, who was speaking exclusively on RT’s SophieCo, believes the EU should have kept out of the conflict and only made things worse by giving the country hopes of... 

Dutch parliament to abolish blasphemy law

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A view of the Dutch parliament in The Hague The Dutch parliament will approve a motion to abolish a law that criminalizes blasphemy, mainly due to strong support by the Liberal Party (VVD). On Wednesday, a majority of parties in the Netherlands stated that the blasphemy law was no longer relevant in the 21st century. The VVD party had refused to support efforts to annul the law during the tenure of... 

Geert Wilders under pressure for trying to ban Halal ritual

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Maverick Dutch politician Geert Wilders, who has described himself as “Israel’s greatest friend” has found out the hard way that his “Jewish friends” are not in the slightest way loyal to any Gentile, even those who genuflect before their Zionist paymasters. Wilders, who is best known for his anti-Islamist campaigns, has made a critical error by deciding to support a bill in the Dutch parliament... 

Dutch Prime Minister resigns after Austerity talks fail

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The Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Mark Rutte, has submitted his letter of resignation to Queen Beatrix after entering into a governmental coalition with the extreme right-wing Freedom Party, led by Geert Wilders, which had refused to support the budget reduction. His resignation was immediately accepted. The Netherlands, is one of many European countries which still supports the “AAA”... 

Dutch PM resigns over Austerity talks Fail

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Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has handed his government’s resignation to Queen Beatrix after talks on reducing the country’s budget to meet European guidelines failed. The government information service announced on Monday that the Queen accepted Rutte’s resignation and asked him to tend to urgent matters of the state until elections possibly as early as... 

Dutch parliament to vote on monarch's powers

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The Dutch monarchy faces a vote in parliament this week which could remove its remaining political powers, stripping Queen Beatrix of her role as head of state and reducing her public functions to purely ceremonial ones. As well as being head of state, the Dutch monarch has traditionally been president of the influential council of state, and has regularly over the years become actively involved in... 

Geert Wilders pushes Netherlands to class immigrant grandchildren as non-native

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Geert Wilders and his anti-Islam Freedom Party are pushing the Dutch government to class the grandchildren of immigrants as “allochtonen” or non-native. Under current law the third generation children of immigrants in Holland are classified as Dutch, in terms of government statistics and entitlements, as long as both their parents were born there. But the anti-Muslim Freedom Party is concerned... 

Prosecution says Wilders not guilty on all counts

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The public prosecution department on Friday afternoon stated that Geert Wilders is not guilty of discriminating against Muslims and urged judges to find him not guilty. Earlier on Friday the department said he should also be found not guilty of inciting hatred against Muslims. Prosecutors Birgit van Roessel and Paul Velleman said they reached their conclusions after a careful reading of interviews... 

Geert Wilders, Anti-Islam Dutch Politician, On Trial For Hate Speech Charges

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Dutch anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders appealed for freedom of expression Monday as he went on trial for alleged hate speech at a time when his popularity and influence in the Netherlands are near all-time highs. Prosecutors say Wilders has incited hate against Muslims, pointing to a litany of quotes and remarks he has made in recent years. In one opinion piece he wrote “I’ve had enough... 

Analysis - Anti-immigrant wave spreads across Europe

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Rene holding a speech in Berlin. His friend Wilders can be seen in the background. Few people outside of Germany paid much attention when a little-known Berlin politician named Rene Stadtkewitz convened a news conference last week and announced the formation of a new “Freedom” party. But in the German capital, the founding of a movement modelled on the anti-immigrant party of Dutch populist... 

Dutch minority government set to form with far-right backing

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A campaign poster for Geert Wilders’ far-right Freedom Party One of the most conservative Dutch governments ever was in the offing Sunday, with the conservative-liberal election winners of the VVD party agreeing on a minority coalition with the centre-right Christian Democrats and backed on a case-by-case basis by the far-right anti-Islam Freedom Party of Geert Wilders. After almost two months... 

Dutch anti-Islamists makes key gains in local elections

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The far right may pose a serious challenge in June parliamentary polls Preliminary results in Dutch local polls suggest an anti-Islam party has made major gains and may pose a serious challenge in June parliamentary polls. The Freedom Party (or PVV), led by Geert Wilders, is opposed to what it calls the country’s “Islamisation”. General elections have been called following the collapse... 

Dutch politician calls for minaret referendum in Netherlands

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Amsterdam – The rightist Freedom Party PVV said Monday it would ask the Dutch government to hold a referendum on banning the construction of minarets, following a similar vote in Switzerland. On Sunday, a large majority of Swiss voters cast ballots in favour of banning construction of the slender towers attached to mosques, despite opposition to such a move by the government. “We will... 
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