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Geert Wilders

Geert Wilders (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɣeːrt ˈʋɪldərs]; born September 6, 1963) is a Dutch politician and leader of the Party for Freedom (PVV), the ... More »Geert Wilders (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɣeːrt ˈʋɪldərs]; born September 6, 1963) is a Dutch politician and leader of the Party for Freedom (PVV), the third-largest political party in the Netherlands. He is the parliamentary leader of his party in the House of Representatives. In the formation in 2010 of the current Rutte cabinet, a minority cabinet of VVD and CDA, he actively participated in the negotiations, resulting in a "toleration agreement" (gedoogakkoord) between the PVV and these parties. Born in Venlo, he was raised a Roman Catholic. Wilders left the church at his coming of age. His travels to Israel as a young adult, as well as to neighbouring Arab countries, helped form his political views. He worked as a speechwriter for the conservative-liberal People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), and later served as parliamentary assistant to party leader Frits Bolkestein from 1990 to 1998. He was elected to the Utrecht city council in 1996, and later to the House of... [ Wikipedia ]

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Exclusive U.S. groups helped fund Dutch anti-Islam politician Wilders

Dutch Freedom Party leader Geert Wilders (R) and Socialist Party leader Emile Roemer are seen during a political debate in Hilversum August 30, 2012. AMSTERDAM/NEW YORK | Mon Sep 10, 2012 9:58am BST AMSTERDAM/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Anti-Islam groups in America have provided financial ...

Dutch MP moves to block approval of EU bailout fund

Geert Wilders of the Freedom Party speaks during a debate about the government's resignation caused by a crisis over budget cuts in The Hague April 24, 2012. AMSTERDAM | Tue May 22, 2012 10:59pm BST AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch politician Geert Wilders, who aims to turn a September ...

Dutch Populist Leader Takes Aim At EU _ And Flops : NPR

AMSTERDAM (AP) — With his mane of platinum-blond hair, Geert Wilders rose to prominence by hammering away at a hardcore anti-Islam message. Now, as the Netherlands heads into elections with economic crisis raging across the continent, Wilders has taken aim at a different target: ...

Sen. Kevin Grantham, Colorado Republican, Thinks Ban On Construction Of New Mosques Is Worth Conside...

Dutch right-wing politician and staunch critic of Islamic religion, Geert Wilders spoke at at the Western Conservative Summit in Denver last weekend issuing his usual warning that Europe and the United States are at risk of being taken over by the Islam religion -- a religion that ...

Sen. Kevin Grantham, Colorado Republican, Thinks Ban On Construction Of New Mosques Is Worth Conside...

Dutch right-wing politician and staunch critic of Islamic religion, Geert Wilders spoke at at the Western Conservative Summit in Denver last weekend issuing his usual warning that Europe and the United States are at risk of being taken over by the Islam religion -- a religion that ...

Geert Wilders hit by two more defections as he unveils election manifesto

They accused Geert Wilders' of being uncontactable. Photograph: EPA The election campaign of Geert Wilders, the Dutch anti-Muslim populist, got off to a bad start on Tuesday when two of his parliamentary deputies resigned just as he was launching his manifesto. Wilders, who ...

Dutch Queen abdicates, Willem-Alexander to succeed

It was widely rumored that Queen Beatrix was no fan of anti-immigrant, euroskeptic politician Geert Wilders. She alluded in speeches to the need for tolerance and multi-culturalism, comments that were seen as criticisms of Wilders' anti-Islamic views. Wilders' poor showing ...

Israeli Military's Twitter Warrior Posed 'Obama Style,' in Blackface

... in the Palestinian territories.” Lieutenant Dratwa’s YouTube channel includes video of Geert Wilders, the anti-immigrant Dutch politician, praising Israelis for “defending their country against the Islamic jihad,” in an interview with the far-right, Islamophobic German site Politically Incorrect...

[clearcutforum] MUHAMMAD AND INNOCENCE OF MUSLIMS

http://venitism.blogspot.com Geert Wilders declares Islam is primarily a dangerous ideology rather than a religion. Islam fails four major tests that religions should fulfill: Adherence to a religion must be a personal choice; no religion should demand that those who leave it be killed; ...

Pro-euro parties sweep Dutch poll, Rutte ahead, early results show

The hard-left Socialists, who oppose austerity and euro zone bailouts, finished a distant third and gained no ground, while the far-right anti-immigration Freedom Party of Geert Wilders, who campaigned to leave the euro and the European Union, slumped and was set to lose about a third of ...

Dutch seen shunning euro radicals in election

The far-right populist Geert Wilders, who criticises Europe and Muslim immigration, also voted in The Hague, accompanied by his state-provided bodyguards. Wilders received death threats due to anti-Islam comments. Both the Liberals and Labour have played down talk of a coalition...

Eurozone live: German justice, Dutch election

Photo AFP Today’s Dutch elections were brought on in April when the Party for Freedom (PVV) led by far-right populist Geert Wilders walked out of coalition talks over budget cuts needed to meet EU spending rules, toppling the conservative government that had ruled since autumn 2010. The ...

Analysis: Europe far right shuns Breivik's acts, flirts with ideas

Another example is Dutch populist Geert Wilders, head of the anti-immigration, anti-euro Freedom Party. Breivik's manifesto reproduced anti-Islamic comments Wilders made to the Dutch parliament. Wilders has denounced Breivik and his actions. Pepe Egger, head of Western ...

Dutch September vote leaves months of uncertainty

The plan Rutte will send to parliament is expected to be similar to the one he negotiated with Geert Wilders' euro skeptic, anti-Islam Freedom Party. Wilders had supported the government for 18 months before abruptly withdrawing his backing over the weekend after seven weeks of ...

Dutch prime minister, Cabinet resign after failing to reach agreement to reduce budget

Rutte's hopes to clinch a deal to cut the target below the EU's 3 percent target evaporated on Saturday, when his most important political ally, populist euroskeptic Geert Wilders walked out of the talks, saying a slavish adherence to European rules was foolish and would harm the Dutch ...

Hackers Target Oz Website Over Geert Wilders

A website run by Australian broadcaster ABC has been hacked in apparent retaliation for interviewing controversial Dutch politician Geert Wilders. ABC said the email addresses and some personal information of more than 40,000 people had been compromised. A Twitter user named Phr0zenMyst ...

Anti-Islam Dutch Politician’s Australian Tour Delayed

Far-right and virulently anti-Islam Dutch politician Geert Wilders has postponed a planned speaking tour in Australia after his visa application took a longer-than-normal time to be processed. The visa received approval on Monday afternoon, hours after he announced he was pushing the ...

Dutch Parliamentary Elections: Will Far-Right Freedom Party Defy Polls Again?

PVV Leader Geert Wilders gestures to his party members at the start of a Freedom Party meeting in Rotterdam...

The Netherlands gets ready to turn left

Geert Wilders ' rightwing, anti-EU Freedom party (PVV) withdrew its support for the incumbent prime minister Mark Rutte's caretaker government in the spring. The PVV said it would refuse to cut pensions and healthcare to meet new European requirements for a 3% budget deficit. ...

Dutch elections seen as a measure of volatile eurozone

"I'm voting for Wilders," said Jo, a cafe owner, referring to the far-right anti-Islam populist, Geert Wilders and his Freedom party. "He's the only one who talks straight. He was the first to say we should get out of the euro. Now everyone's saying it. " While neither the hard ...

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