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Mr Wilders, the leader of the anti-Islamist Party for Freedom (PVV), is taking on Mr Rutte, from the Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), in the knife-edge election race. The blonde populist has already cast his vote in the election after a fiery election campaign in which he pledged to shut the country's borders, ban the Koran and close mosques. 11am GMT update: Many PVV voters are backing Mr Wilders in order to rock the political establishment and voice their anger over sky-high immigration. "I am voting for Wilders. I hope he can make a change to make the Netherlands...

Millions of Dutch citizens have simply had enough of the Islamization of our country. Enough of mass immigration and asylum, terror, violence and insecurity. Here is our plan: instead of financing the entire world and people we don’t want here, we’ll spend the money on ordinary Dutch citizens. This is what the PVV will do: 1. De-islamize the Netherlands - Zero asylum seekers and no immigrants anymore from Islamic countries: close the borders - Withdraw all asylum residence permits which have already been granted for specific periods, close the asylum centers - No Islamic headscarves in public functions - Prohibition...

Geert Wilders was found guilty but will not recieve the 5000 euro fine that was demanded by the DA. Wilders will appeal this judgement.

The Hague (AFP) - Populist Dutch MP Geert Wilders remained unapologetic as his hate speech trial drew to a close on Wednesday, saying "millions of Dutch citizens will be convicted with me" if he is found guilty.

Leader of Dutch Party for Freedom (PVV) Geert Wilders attended an LGBT event as part of the Republican National Convention programme in Cleveland, Ohio, Wednesday. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GJC17c2sfk

Two dissident Christian Democrat MPs have finally voted in favour of their party forming a new governing alliance which will involve the anti-Islam PVV. The unanimous decision from the 21 CDA MPs means the next stage in the coalition formation process - the appointment of ministers - can now be taken. On Monday night, acting party leader Maxime Verhagen told reporters 'there are no dissidents any more', leading commentators to speculate that a behind the scenes deal had been done. Pressure The two, Kathleen Ferrier and Ad Koppejan, had come under considerable pressure to fall into line. They were known...

Dutch Queen Beatrix does not like Member of Parliament Geert Wilders, the winner of the recent elections in the Netherlands; she is attempting to prevent the formation of a right-wing coalition that includes him. On June 9, 2010, the Liberal VVD became the largest party in the Netherlands. It won 31 of the 150 seats in the Dutch House of Representatives, compared to 22 in the 2006 general election. The largest winner of the election, however, was the PVV, the Freedom Party of Geert Wilders, which won 24 seats, compared to only 9 in 2006. The parties of the resigning...

AMSTERDAM/JAKARTA (BosNewsLife)-- The Dutch far right Party for Freedom (PVV) says the Netherlands should demand that Indonesia improves protection of Christians amid reports that hard-line Muslims prepare for a religious war with that country's Christian minority. In a petition, PVV-leader Geert Wilders and party representative Raymond de Roon ask the government to summon the ambassador of Indonesia and suggest that the Netherlands "freezes" cooperation with its former colony. They wrote Dutch Foreign Minister Maxime to tell the Indonesian ambassador that "the Netherlands demands immediate action of the Indonesian government to protect the Christian minority in the city of Bekasi and...

In the Netherlands, Geert Wilders’ far right Freedom Party (PVV) appears to be the biggest winner of the European Union elections. Early analyses of the results are saying that the PVV, which stood for the first time in EU elections, has won four seats. The Christian Democrats, which remained the biggest party, lost two of its seven seats, and the Labour Party dropped from seven to four seats. The conservative VVD party and D66 both took three seats. The Green Left, Socialist Party and the Christian Union-SGP coalition won two seats each.

The Dutch parliament on Tuesday approved a motion seeking to block any dialogue between government officials and Hamas, Geert Wilders' Party for Freedom announced. The motion - made in effort to counter growing calls in Europe to engage the Islamist group in dialogue - was put forward by MP Raymond de Roon, third on Wilders' list.

BRUSSELS, 04/06/08 - The Christian democrats (CDA), Labour (PvdA) and the conservatives (VVD), the three traditional establishment parties, want to put forward 'big names' as their front-runners in the European Parliament elections. According to Algemeen Dagblad, they thereby want to offer a counterweight to Party for Freedom (PVV) leader Geert Wilders. "The Netherlands wants to turn out next year in Europe with extra 'strong' front-runners to block the path of Party for Freedom (PVV) leader Geert Wilders," according to Algemeen Dagblad. "Certainly the three big parties are looking for a counterweight with front-runners who are well-known and popular and can...