'Far-right populist politician Geert Wilders - who intends to 'de-Islamise' the Netherlands - has launched his election campaign today among tight security.

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'The politician, who was convicted for inciting discrimination in December, plans to shut all mosques, ban the Koran and close borders to refugees and migrants from Muslim countries.

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'The Dutch MP, who is narrowly ahead of Prime Minister Mark Rutte in the polls, marked the campaign launch by deriding 'Moroccan scum'.

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'Wilders, whose party currently has 12 lawmakers in the house, told reporters today: 'The Moroccan scum in Holland ... once again not all are scum... but there is a lot of Moroccan scum in Holland who make the streets unsafe, mostly young people... and that should change.

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'Wilders, who has spoken positively in favour of both Trump and Brexit, continued: 'The elections for sure are historical. It's a choice that the people of Holland can make on March 15 whether to give their country away more and more or to get their country back to themselves. To make the Netherlands ours again.'

The UK's Daily Mail


Needless to say the media's labelling of Wilders as 'Far Right' is incorrect and nothing more than a Leftwing invention to prejudice the public against him.

These same journalists would be describing those who bombed Germany during the war as 'Far Right activists'.

Apart from his stance on Islam,  what are his economic and social views? I'm going to take a guess they're not paticularly hard right.

Apart from his stance on Islam,  what are his economic and social views? I'm going to take a guess they're not paticularly hard right.

Good question,,, I suspect as with One Nation there is a lot or working class lefty support.

Lord Herbert wrote on Feb 19^th, 2017 at 2:31pm:


Some of my best friends are Moroccans.

Immigration was the key topic of the campaign and Mr Wilders’ hardline stance, including closing the borders and deporting illegal immigrants, struck a chord with Dutch voters.

“The Dutch hope that the people can get their country back and that we will ensure that the tsunami of asylum-seekers and immigration is reduced,” he said.

Diederick van Wijk from the Clingendael Institute told AFP the Netherlands was now in “uncharted territory” after the “landslide victory” of Wilders.

He said the other parties had made a strategic error by focusing on immigration, playing into the PVV’s hands.

He stressed he would be prime minister for everyone “regardless of their religion, background, sex or whatever”, insisting the cost-of-living crisis was a bigger priority.

But as his opponents never tired of pointing out, his PVV manifesto told a different story.

With hallmark Wilders rhetoric, the manifesto said: “Asylum-seekers feast on delightful free cruise-ship buffets while Dutch families have to cut back on groceries.” The program proposed a ban on Islamic schools, Korans and mosques. Headscarves would be banned from government buildings.

A “binding referendum” would be held on a “Nexit” – the idea of the Netherlands leaving the EU. The PVV also called for an “immediate halt” to development aid.

On foreign policy, the parallels to Trump were clear. “Netherlands first,” trumpeted the manifesto.

Mr Wilders already won plaudits from Hungary’s nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who hailed “winds of change” after the exit poll.

He has remained defiant despite brushes with the law and death threats that have meant he has been under constant police protection since 2004.

“I don’t regret fighting for freedom,” he told AFP in an interview ahead of elections in 2021. “Of course I take a stand. I am under attack, my country is under attack.” He was found guilty of discrimination in 2016 over comments he made against Moroccans living in the Netherlands and has previously likened the Koran to Adolf Hitler’s “Mein Kampf”, saying both books should be banned.

He was forced to shelve plans for a cartoon competition of the Prophet Mohammed in 2018 after receiving death threats.

AFP

Karnal wrote on Nov 24^th, 2023 at 10:48am:



jibberish

aquascoot wrote on Nov 24^th, 2023 at 10:51am:


The rantings of a sex tourist with antibiotic resistant syphilis.