Geert Wilders Populist Government Breakthrough, But at What Cost
Over three months since the Netherlands sensationally swung towards right-populist firebrand Wilders the country is still without a new govt.

Over three months since the Netherlands sensationally swung towards right-populist firebrand Wilders the country is still without a new govt.
Police in Amsterdam arrested a man on Sunday for allegedly threatening to kill populist leader Geert Wilders.
Riots between two groups of Eritrean migrants broke out in The Hague on Saturday, leaving police officers injured and cars burnt to a crisp.
Several options remain to form new Dutch govt or call fresh elections, but none so clear as getting the collapsed negotiations back on track.
Donald Trump told Breitbart News that the recent wave of populist and conservative victories, from Italy to Argentina and more, show that international populist conservatives’ movement is “stronger” than it was in 2016.
Geert Wilders, who won the Netherlands November general election has been exchanging thoughts on migration and birthrates with Elon Musk.
Anti-Islamification populist won a ‘mega victory’ in national elections but there will be no news on him leading a govt until early February.
The late Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, who passed away last week at the age of 100, gave a recent interview in which he suggested that Hamas’s terror attack October 7 had killed the two-state solution, and Jordan should rule the West Bank.
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The country of Jordan should be considered the true national homeland for the Palestinian people, according to Dutch right-wing politician Geert Wilders, who caused an uproar after making the declaration online.
One of Europe’s leading globalists will leave office and his hoped-for replacement, a Green-Left veteran Eurocrat has been soundly defeated.
Geert Wilders’ and his anti-migration Party for Freedom swept to a stunning victory in Dutch elections, with exit polls predicting it will become the largest party.
Anti-Islamification populist Wilders is polled to come first in today’s national elections, but former a government may prove more difficult.
Forum for Democracy party leader Thierry Baudet was hospitalised on Monday after he was hit in the head with a glass bottle in Groningen.
Geert Wilders hailed a poll that put his anti-mass migration party tied for first place in next week’s general election as a “game changer”.
A Pakistani international cricketer was sentenced for placing a bounty on the head of Geert Wilders, but the Netherlands doesn’t have an extradition treaty with Pakistan.
Dutch prosecutors demanded a 12-year prison sentence for a former Pakistani cricketer over calls to kill Islam critic Geert Wilders.
Prime Minister Mark Rutte announced he will not seek re-election after threats emerged of a vote of no-confidence to push him out of office.
The Minister of Agriculture in the Netherlands resigned amid the ongoing dispute with the nation’s farmers over the EU-driven green agenda.
Dutch lawmakers broke into their summer vacations Tuesday to debate the government’s contentious plans to slash nitrogen emissions.
The Netherlands has changed its postal voting system mid-election, which could result in thousands of votes previously considered invalid to be counted.
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) – Dutch police said Wednesday that the fourth night of the Netherlands’ coronavirus curfew passed more peacefully than the previous three nights marred by rioting. Even so, officers arrested 131 people, mainly for public order offenses
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced a lawsuit Tuesday against one of Europe’s best known populist leaders, Geert Wilders, on charges of “insulting the president,” a crime in Turkey.
The left-wing mayor who was photographed at a protest without a mask has been slammed over her handling of the mass demonstration.
A debate on coronavirus was adjourned mid-session after the Dutch minister for medical care collapsed while standing at the dispatch box.
TEL AVIV – The head of the second-largest party in the Netherlands has called on his country to expel the “biased pro-Palestinian” International Criminal Court’s top prosecutor over her bid to put Israel on trial for unsubstantiated war crimes claimed by the Palestinians.
Amsterdam is once again choked with tractors in a zero-notice strike after the Dutch government voted to pass new green legislation.
A Pakistani man has been jailed in the Netherlands for his plot to launch a terror attack against Dutch firebrand Geert Wilders.
An Afghan man accused of stabbing two American tourists in Holland says he went there to “protect the Prophet Mohammed,” according to reports.
The Netherlands has brought into force a ban on Islamic face veils in public spaces, 14 years after it was mooted by Dutch populist Geert Wilders.
The Dutch immigration minister has stepped down following outcry over a migrant crime report which hid serious migrant crimes including rape and murder under the category of “other”.
European populists have warned that the EU has the same “goal” as the former Soviet Union, which is to reduce the power of the nation-state.
Turkish born Gökmen Tanis has been charged with killing with terrorist intent and other crimes, after an attack on public transport in the Dutch city of Utrecht which saw three killed.
Populist Dutch politicians hit out at the government’s pro-migration policies as voters went to the polls on Wednesday following a suspected terror attack by a Turkish migrant.
An association of mosques in The Netherlands has demanded Twitter take down Geert Wilders’ account, threatening legal action if the social media giant does not comply.
An Afghan asylum seeker accused of stabbing two American tourists at the Dutch capital’s main railway station has been ordered detained for a further 90 days as investigations continue into what prosecutors say was an extremist attack.
Asylum seeker Jawed S., who was arrested following the stabbing of two Americans in Amsterdam, has claimed he was motivated by insults to Islam and mentioned Dutch anti-Islamisation campaigner Geert Wilders during his interrogation.
Pakistani pop star Rabi Pirzada has used her verified Twitter account to call for cartoonists who draw the Prophet Mohammed to be “hanged immediately”, claiming that drawing Islam’s founder is “the worst act of terrorism”.
The government of Pakistan has celebrated the cancellation of a cartoon competition facilitated by Dutch anti-Islamisation politician Geert Wilders in which participants were encouraged to draw the Islamic prophet, Mohammed.
Ten thousand Islamic radicals have rallied in Pakistan against a ‘Draw Mohammed’ contest in the Netherlands by Geert Wilders, as the South Asian country’s politicians demand global blasphemy laws.