#THENETHERLANDS: Wilders Ready For Coalition To Reawaken Netherlands

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Details are still emerging of the program of the new coalition government assembled by the leader of the Freedom Party, Geert Wilders, following his surprise victory in the elections last year. It's taken 6 months, but a right-leaning coalition has been agreed upon.

It's unclear who will be named prime minister,  but Wilders has signaled restrictions on immigration, a roll back of Net Zero policies, a renewal of nuclear power - to reduce dependence on Russian energy sources, and lower taxes. The current government's war on farmers will end, and support will be given to agriculture and food production.

The new immigration restrictions in the likely anti- EU Wilders government is making EU officials nervous, which probably suits Wilders just fine, even if he isn't chosen for the top spot. But EU officials see a trend emerging. EU member nation Italy elected a right-leaning government in recent years,  and Germany may follow suit, as immigration is at record levels in Europe. 

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#THENETHERLANDS: Wilders Says He Doesn't Have Support To Be PM... Yet

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Geert Wilders, whose anti-Islam, anti-immigration rhetoric swept his Party for Freedom to a stunning victory in the November election, said earlier this week that he doesn’t have the support of his prospective coalition partners to become the next Dutch prime minister.

Wilders took to X, formerly Twitter, to say that “I can only become premier if ALL parties in the coalition support that. That wasn’t the case.” Later, however, he took to X to say that one day, he will have enough support.

His coalition consists of 88 seats in the 150-seat parliament. His Freedom Party continues to gain support in the polls.

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#THENETHERLANDS: Anti-EU Wilders Wins Parliamentary Election

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The unexpectedly substantial win for controversial, anti-EU politician Geert Wilders in Wednesday's general election in the Netherlands set international headlines on fire.

Nationalists across Europe rushed to congratulate the populist politician, sometimes dubbed the Dutch Trump - partly for his dyed, bouffant-like hairdo, and partly for his famously firebrand, anti-Muslim rhetoric.

Geert Wilders' publicly expressed views - including linking Muslim immigration with terrorism and calling for a ban on mosques and the Quran - are so provocative that he has been under tight police protection since 2004.

Wilders was convicted of inciting discrimination, although later acquitted, and he was refused entry to the UK back in 2009.

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#THENETHERLANDS: Anti-Islam Politician Suspended From Twitter "In Error"

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Twitter says it suspended Dutch far-right leader Geert Wilders "in error" after reports that he had violated the platform's rules on hate speech.

The social network admitted it had "temporarily restricted" the outspoken anti Islam politician's access to his account on Monday.

The move came after the Freedom Party (PVV) chairman had published a tweet addressed to Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, denouncing the "violence of the intolerant ideology called Islam".

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#THENETHERLANDS: PM Rutte Unveils Fourth Cabinet

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Prime Minister Mark Rutte has unveiled his choices for the fourth cabinet he has seated since he was first elected prime minister. 

It includes several new faces, largely from his own party, the VVD (People's Party for Freedom and Democracy) including Senator Eric van der Burg, a former alderman and ex-acting mayor of Amsterdam, who will be the new State Secretary for Asylum and Migration and will succeed Ankie Broekers-Knol.

Opposition Party for Freedom Leader Geert Wilders lost no time in eviscerating Van der Burg, noting on Twitter his 2017 comments about immigrants:

"The man who said: The more asylum seekers the better." (Parool, March 30, 2017) The VVD has gone mad. Pure betrayal."

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#THENETHERLANDS: Anti-Muslim MP Geert Wilders' Proposal To Ban Islam In Holland Fails To Gain Support

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A proposal from the leader of the Dutch Freedom Party to ban Islam in Holland failed to gain any support in parliament recently. Geert Wilders, an outspoken campaigner against Islam in Europe, spoke passionately on the proposal, which would have banned all forms of Islamic expressions in the Netherlands, including mosques, Islamic clothing, and public prayer. He said Prime Minister Mark Rutte had "lost his mind" by allowing 400,000 "non-western immigrants into the Netherlands." Others noted that the proposal violated religious freedom. The debate included a vulgar exchange, in which Wilders and a Turkish-born member of Parliament reportedly told each other to "F--- off." Wilders told the MP, "your country is Turkey."

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#THENETHERLANDS: Geert Wilders' Party Falls Short; Beaten By Pro-EU Prime Minister Rutte

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Dutch anti-Islam populist Geert Wilders' party fell short of expectations Wednesday, beaten by pro-EU Prime Minister Mark Rutte. While Wilders' Party for Freedom gained four seats over their 2012 results, it was not enough, and while Rutte's Freedom and Democracy Party lost 25% of their pre-election seats in parliament, the 31 they kept are enough, with allied parties, to stay in power. The two main pro-EU parties, D66 and GreenLeft, gained 7 seats and 12 seats respectively.

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#THENETHERLANDS: Anti-Immigrant Party Ldr. Wilders On Trial For "Hate Speech"

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Dutch Party For Freedom leader Geert Wilders, an outspoken opponent of Muslim immigration, is on trial for "incitement" and "hate speech" in his native land. The case against Wilders, who was acquitted in 2011 of insulting Islam, centers on anti-immigrant comments he made before and after in local elections two years ago.

#THENETHERLANDS: Politician Passes Out Pepper Spray To Women To Protect From Migrant Rapists

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A Dutch politician has been handing out pepper spray canisters laced with red paint to women to protect themselves from attack by 'Islamic testosterone bombs.' Geert Wilders, leader of the Freedom Party, delivered the spray to the blue-collar town of Spijkenisse where he was surrounded by a large crowd, flanked by bodyguards and police.

#THENETHERLANDS: Party For Freedom Leader Wilders Condemns "Islamic Asylum Tsunami"

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Dutch Party for Freedom leader Geert Wilders has warned the lower house of parliament of an "Islamic asylum tsunami" who represent an "Islamic invasion" of "men with beards" flooding into Europe. Wilders called on Prime Minister Mark Rutte to "Stop building refugee centers. Stand up for your own people, your own culture" and described refugees as "testosterone bombs" who, "threaten our girls'."

#THENETHERLANDS: Party Leader Wilders Accuses National Broadcaster Of Sabotaging Attempt To Show Mohammed Cartoons

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Dutch Party for Freedom leader Geert Wilders is accusing the national public broadcasting company of sabotaging his attempt to broadcast Mohammed drawings on his TV program. An old episode ran in place of the planned one. The network has re-scheduled the broadcast for Wed. June 24.

Update: Wilders has placed the video on YouTube.

#THENETHERLANDS: Anti-Islamic Freedom Party Would Crush Governing Parties, Says New Poll

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The Netherlands' anti-Islamic Freedom Party is polling higher  following the Paris terrorist attacks Polling shows it taking more than 30 seats in the 150-member parliament. The Governing Liberal and Labour parties would take just 28 between them. Freedom Party head Geert Wilders said the West was "at war" with Islam.

#THENETHERLANDS: Dutch Lawmaker #Wilders Invites #ISIS "Flag-Wavers" to "Exit" Netherlands, Take Families

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#THENETHERLANDS: Pro-EU Voters Take the Lead in Exit Polling

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#THENETHERLANDS: Wilders Concerned About Party Secretary's New Book, Says Paper

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Dutch Party for Freedom leader Geert Wilders is reportedly concerned about a new book of his party's secretary claiming the Netherlands could end up in the same position of South Africa's Afrikaner whites after black majority rule. A newspaper says he hoped the book had been published after the EU elections.

#THENETHERLANDS: Populist Ldr Geert Wilders Hopes to Slay "Brussels Monster" EU

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Dutch far-right leader Geert Wilders is riding high ahead of this month’s European Parliament elections, hoping to destroy from within what he calls the "monster of Brussels."