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John Sweeney meets Geert Wilders

Populist parties are growing in strength across Europe – emboldened by both Brexit and Trump. There’s Marine Le Pen and the National Front in France of course. But there’s a critical election before that: next month, in Holland. Geert Wilders – who leads the anti Muslim Freedom Party is hoping to top the ballot. He wants to take them out of the EU, and to ‘de-islamise the Netherlands’ with a ban on immigration from Muslim countries. In 2016 he was convicted of inciting discrimination. The Dutch coalition system means it’s unlikely Wilders will be crowned Prime Minister. But he could end up leading the largest party which would chill European centrists and boost other populist movements throughout the continent. We sent John Sweeney in pursuit.

Unrest in The Hague on arrival Abou Jahjah

The arrival of the Belgian activist Abou Jahjah to Schilderswijk creates unrest in the Hague. The founder of the controversial Arab European League tonight in Theater Vaillant present his book "The Case for Radicalization ', but encountering fierce criticism include the PVV, which the meeting will ban.

PVV'er loses case against own party

One of the two PVV employees own party had done a trial, has lost the lawsuit. The employee claimed substantial damages because he said he was bullied at work and was suffering an "absurd workload '. Eventually, even the employee reached for antidepressants 'to sustain' this.

"Not all Live Ones vote PVV’

Although the elections for a new Lower House are already five weeks, Ronald Buijtenland is still full of questions. How is the PVV – the so much talked about party of Geert Wilders – doing it, as the Dutchman wonders. How hard the blow on the left, where the PvdA and the SP going to get difficult, according to him.

Pegida will again showcase, but where?

Anti-Islamism Pegida Sunday comes again demonstrate in Utrecht. But where and how is still unclear, Pegida because even with the city of Utrecht is in the clinch.

Foreman Edwin Wagensveld of Pegida wants Sunday 5 February run a protest march through the city, starting from the Neude. He wants to "reclaim Netherlands together" with his organization. But the city of Utrecht bothers, says Pegida.

Proud of the Netherlands tried again

Proud of the Netherlands will again participate in the parliamentary elections. The old party of former VVD politician Rita Verdonk comes before the Party of 2010 furbish.

Verdonk founded Pride ten years ago after the VVD had put her out of the parliamentary party. She left politics after the national elections in 2010, which yielded no seat.
is now at the helm Sander van den Raadt, councilor in Haarlem.

Why Bernadette de Wit advocated deporting Muslims?

During a debate at De Balie pleaded publicist Bernadette de Wit, in public, for deporting 'profession Muslims'. How did it come this far with this champion of free speech?

What a scary situation in De Balie night before. During a debate with the ominous title "Why do they hate us actually?"Suggested a woman who was in the audience would have no more than one or two percent of Muslims living in any Western country. "That translates into fewer Muslims in the Netherlands."

Persecution former politician for embezzlement

After former Staten Pieter Buisman already appeared before the administrative courts, awaits him now a criminal case.

The prosecution suspects him of misappropriation of 17.794 euro, as was announced Wednesday. The eclipse would have occurred in spring 2014. Buisman had recently left the provincial PVV party, to continue as a new group of one.