Geert Wilders
description: right-wing Dutch politician and leader of the Party for Freedom
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The Dream of Europe: Travels in the Twenty-First Century
by Geert Mak · 27 Oct 2021 · 722pp · 223,701 words
normal in the Netherlands. The Dutch let fly at an entire religion, including all its variants and all its devoted, half-hearted and intermittent believers. Geert Wilders, a liberal parliamentarian who had become an independent, said Islam was responsible for ‘99 per cent of all problems surrounding security and public order’. His
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a stop to the ‘increasing Islamization’ of Germany. The party’s deputy leader tweeted about ‘barbaric, gang-raping hordes of Muslim men’. In the Netherlands, Geert Wilders wanted to ban the Koran and to introduce a tax on headscarves, which he called a kopvoddentaks or ‘head-rag tax’. The wearing of a
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Conservative Party came back into office after thirteen years. Under the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn, Labour returned to its radical-left principles. In the Netherlands, Geert Wilders’s right-wing populist Party for Freedom had the wind in its sails, gaining twenty-four seats, up from a previous nine. In Spain, Ireland
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. ‘Still, take someone from my family, a postman who was chucked out of work. He’s sitting at home in his chair and along comes Geert Wilders, who links all that to the immigration problem. So now he says, “Those foreigners want to change Black Pete.” You have to listen to someone
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the Labour Party, in a political earthquake, chose the radical left-winger Jeremy Corbyn as its leader. In 2017, the Party for Freedom led by Geert Wilders became the second-largest political force in the Netherlands. In Germany, the AfD managed within three years to reach a position that had taken comparable
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but far from spectacular toil behind the scenes. All populists mislead, and in doing so ignore problems, complications and dilemmas. Throughout his long political career, Geert Wilders has stayed well away from the work of government. The Brexiteers had no plan at all when they began negotiations in Brussels. In Ukraine, the
The 9/11 Wars
by Jason Burke · 1 Sep 2011 · 885pp · 271,563 words
[last year] in cautious terms appears to be a trend’.28 In March 2008, the release of a provocative film by populist anti-Islamic politician Geert Wilders had caused the threat level to be raised once more, but by mid-December 2009, the Dutch authorities were once again convinced that the danger
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to burn down synagogues. Bernard Edinger, ‘Tense ties in France’, The Jerusalem Report, March 2, 2009, Paris. In the June elections to the European Parliament, Geert Wilders’ Dutch Party for Freedom in the Netherlands won 17 per cent of the national vote. The anti-immigrant British National Party, which warned of the
Cultural Backlash: Trump, Brexit, and Authoritarian Populism
by Pippa Norris and Ronald Inglehart · 31 Dec 2018
Muslim-related terrorism in Western societies, heightening public anxieties following violent incidents and promising tough retaliation. This is the essence of the appeal presented by Geert Wilders’ Party for Freedom, the Swiss People’s Party and the Danish People’s Party, the Austrian Freedom Party, the Norwegian Progress Party, and the Sweden
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Democrats. In the Netherlands, for example, Geert Wilders repeatedly warned in campaign speeches about the perils of Muslim immigrants, proposing to ban the Koran and shut mosques, arguing that only he could help
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from unique in adopting this tone; populist parties are usually led by charismatic figures such as Giuseppe ‘Beppe’ Grillo in Italy, Nigel Farage in Britain, Geert Wilders in the Netherlands, Silvio Berlusconi in Italy, Hugo Chavez in Venezuela, Pablo Iglesias in Spain, and Rodrigo Duerte in the Philippines. Leaders depict themselves as
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financial assistance and migration reception centers should be established by the European Commission in African countries that agree to take back refugees. In the Netherlands, Geert Wilders’ Party for Freedom (PVV) expresses similarly radical anti-immigration sentiments; their program in the 2017 elections called for an end to immigration from Islamic countries
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Europeans also often disapprove of traditional Muslim forced marriages, polygamy, domestic violence, and honor killings, which are at odds with their social norms. Populists like Geert Wilders argue that patriarchal beliefs about the traditional roles of women in the family, and the wearing of the hijab, or burqa, undermine the more egalitarian
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over the refugee crisis and European identity.’ Journal of Language Aggression and Conflict 5 (2): 251–273. 29. Koen Vossen. 2016. The Power of Populism: Geert Wilders and the Party for Freedom in the Netherlands. New York: Routledge. See also www.geertwilders.nl/. 30. www.theguardian.com/world/2017/feb/18
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/geert-wilders-netherlandsdescribes-immigrants-scum-holland. 31. Priscilla Southwell and Eric Lindgren. 2013. ‘The rise of neo-populist parties in Scandinavia: A Danish case study.’ Review of
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reflected similar gains. Several parties which have grown rapidly in recent years are relative newcomers: for example, the Dutch Freedom Party (PVV) was created by Geert Wilders in 2006, while the Alternative for Germany was founded by Alexander Gauland and partners in 2013. In post-communist Europe, as well, several new Authoritarian
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politics from a flash party that ultimately proved short-lived. The most successful successor to the LPF is the Dutch Freedom Party (PVV), founded by Geert Wilders in 2006. PVV won nine seats in the 2006 parliamentary elections, surging to 24 to become the third largest party in 2010, before falling back
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dull moment: Pim Fortuyn and the Dutch Parliamentary Election of 2002.’ West European Politics 26 (2): 41–66. Koen Vossen. 2016. The Power of Populism: Geert Wilders and the Party for Freedom in the Netherlands. New York: Routledge; Koen Vossen. 2011. ‘Classifying Wilders: The ideological development of
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Geert Wilders and his Party for Freedom.’ Politics 31 (3): 179–189. www.pvv.nl/36-fj-related/geert-wilders/9674-speech-geert-wilders-in-praag16-12-2017-menf-congres.html. Matthijs Rooduijn. 2014. ‘Vox populismus: A populist radical right
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, adopted a tough line toward immigrants who failed to integrate, telling them to ‘act normal or go away,’ when faced with fierce political competition from Geert Wilders’ Party for Freedom (PVV).32 Finally, it can be argued that despite UKIP winning only one seat in the May 2015 general election, Cameron’s
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Elections, Public Opinion and Parties, 22: 315–358. Vossen, Koen. 2011. ‘Classifying Wilders: The ideological development of Geert Wilders and his Party for Freedom.’ Politics, 31(3): 179–189. 2016. The Power of Populism: Geert Wilders and the Party for Freedom in the Netherlands. New York: Routledge. Bibliography 533 Vowles, Jack, Peter Aimer, Susan
Why the Dutch Are Different: A Journey Into the Hidden Heart of the Netherlands: From Amsterdam to Zwarte Piet, the Acclaimed Guide to Travel in Holland
by Ben Coates · 23 Sep 2015 · 300pp · 99,410 words
-interest. In recent years there had been a slight trend towards a more combative style of politics, fuelled by the rise of populists such as Geert Wilders, but Dutch politics was still far from a blood sport. Watching anaemic debate programmes and reading pallid newspapers, I could never quite decide whether the
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even slept with Muslims. But this one, he is much more nasty.’ ‘I think he’s just awful,’ his wife interjected. ‘More like a Nazi.’ Geert Wilders was born to a Catholic family in the far south of the Netherlands, the son of a man who reportedly was so traumatised by his
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the Justice Ministry’s own Cyber Security Centre was fired after tweeting that ISIS was a Zionist plot to ‘blacken Islam’s name’. In 2014, Geert Wilders again managed to make himself the centre of attention, giving a speech in The Hague at which he asked a crowd of supporters: ‘In this
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turn said it was ‘deeply troubled by the virulent intolerance’ expressed by those who could not accept criticisms of Zwarte Piet. The right-wing politician Geert Wilders responded by calling for the entire UN to be abolished. Still the debate rumbled on, periodically rejuvenated by ill-advised comments from politicians, commentators and
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, 2014) Land below Sea Level: Holland in Its Age-Long Fight against the Waters by Johan van Veen (LJC Boucher, 1953) Marked for Death by Geert Wilders (Regnery Publishing, 2012) Murder in Amsterdam: The Death of Theo Van Gogh and the Limits of Tolerance by Ian Buruma (Penguin 2007) Nathaniel’s Nutmeg
Whiteshift: Populism, Immigration and the Future of White Majorities
by Eric Kaufmann · 24 Oct 2018 · 691pp · 203,236 words
previous level.40 Philo-Semitism was increasingly replacing anti-Semitism on the far right, something also evident in the pronouncements of the staunchly pro-Israel Geert Wilders in the Netherlands. While taking care not to offend social conservatives within the FN, Marine Le Pen’s opening to liberalism has helped the party
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POPULIST-RIGHT VOTING Figure 5.12, based on the work of James Dennison and Andrew Geddes, shows the relationship between immigration levels and support for Geert Wilders’ PVV in the Netherlands. As immigration totals exceeded 150,000 per year after 2013, the PVV’s projected seat total, based on opinion polls, rose
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party with a capable leader which can serve as a vehicle for protest when immigration increases. 5.12. Relationship between immigration levels and support for Geert Wilders’ PVV in the Netherlands Source: Dennison et al., ‘The Dutch aren’t turning against immigration’ The relationship between the migration crisis and the rise of
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.8 per cent. In the Netherlands, Mark Rutte’s ‘Act normal or leave’ commercial burnished his anti-Muslim credentials, helping his centre-right VVD best Geert Wilders’ PVV in 2017. In Austria, 31-year-old Sebastian Kurz of the centre-right ÖVP positioned immigration and hostility to ‘parallel communities’ – a thinly veiled
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of particular ethnic groups, attacking Muslims represents an injury to these groups and ignores the fact there is a diversity of viewpoints among them. When Geert Wilders talks of having fewer Moroccans or Donald Trump speaks of a ‘total and complete shutdown’ of Muslims, this targets one or more ethnic groups, generating
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hijabs in state schools, outlawing the construction of minarets or new mosques – entered the political lexicon in Western Europe in the 2000s. Pim Fortuyn and Geert Wilders in the Netherlands and Marine Le Pen in France were at the front end of the new anti-Islamic politics. In 2004, France clamped down
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the Fijian nationalist George Speight (half English), the leader of the Czech-nationalist Freedom and Democracy party Tomio Okamura (half Japanese), or the part-Indonesian Geert Wilders. In the US, two recent young examples are Joey Gibson, leader of Patriot Prayer (half Japanese) and the paleoconservative Marcus Epstein (half Korean). Interracial mixing
The Rise of the Outsiders: How Mainstream Politics Lost Its Way
by Steve Richards · 14 Jun 2017 · 323pp · 95,492 words
Green Party in the 2016 election. In March 2017 Holland’s centre-right prime minister, Mark Rutte, was re-elected, defeating the far right’s Geert Wilders by a relatively wide margin, and yet Wilders’ party made gains. The result in Holland, and the reaction to it, showed how electoral assumptions had
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his party’s spokesman for the disabled. At the same time he was a gun enthusiast and carried a Glock pistol, conveying an enigmatic machismo. Geert Wilders, the founder of the Party for Freedom, is one of the more telegenic leaders in Holland, known mockingly – or admiringly – as the ‘blond bombshell’, although
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and Oxford, was a former editor of the weekly Spectator magazine and a former Mayor of London. The leader of the Dutch far-right party, Geert Wilders, has been a member of the Dutch parliament for years. Trump has been a famous multimillionaire entrepreneur and celebrity for decades. He is part of
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The risk is that the outsider becomes more incredible, rather than more popular. But incredibility relies on the insiders exposing the ideological leaps. In Holland, Geert Wilders, founder and leader of the Party for Freedom, long refused to align himself with European far-right leaders such as Le Pen in France, and
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’s Syriza party Malcolm Turnbull: Australian PM Alexander Van der Bellen: President of Austria Yanis Varoufakis: former Greek finance minister William Waldegrave: former Conservative minister Geert Wilders: founder of the Dutch Party for Freedom Harold Wilson: former PM Stewart Wood: a senior adviser to Gordon Brown Steven Woolfe: UKIP leadership candidate ______ NOTES
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, 2 September 2016 18 Müller, What is Populism? 19 The Observer, 19 June 2016 20 Ibid. 21 Financial Times, 21 June 2015 22 Interview with Geert Wilders, The Guardian, 16 February 2008 23 Radio Sweden, 2 August 2014 24 The Guardian, 13 December 2014 25 Daily Mail, 28 January 2016 CHAPTER TWO
Radicals Chasing Utopia: Inside the Rogue Movements Trying to Change the World
by Jamie Bartlett · 12 Jun 2017 · 390pp · 109,870 words
the populists from across the spectrum. It’s the people with the simple, emotional, shareable messages. It’s people like Beppe. Dutch anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders, who’s compared the Qu’ran to Mein Kampf, is the most followed politician on the Dutch social networks. Bernie Sanders was propelled to within
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Grillo canta sempre al tramonto (Chiarelettere Srl., 2013). 2. Paul Taggart, Populism (Open University Press, 2000). 3. For example, in the Netherlands, anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders (leading in the Dutch opinion polls at the time of writing) claims ‘citizens no longer feel represented by their national governments and parliaments
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the Dutch vote on immigration policy’, New York Times, 19 November 2015, http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/20/opinion/geert-wilders-the-dutch-deserve-to-vote-on-immigration-policy.html. Capitalist Donald Trump wants to ‘declare independence from the elites’. Arch-socialist and Democrat candidate Bernie
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400 were counter-demonstrators. * Consider the names of many of the groups that share Pegida’s ideology. ‘For Frihed’ translates to ‘For Freedom’, as does Geert Wilders’ anti-Islam party, the PVV. The Swedish Democrats, the Danish People’s Party, even Pegida itself: they are names that progressive, moderate liberals would be
Free Speech: Ten Principles for a Connected World
by Timothy Garton Ash · 23 May 2016 · 743pp · 201,651 words
, it is fiendishly difficult to apply with the instruments of secular law. Another difficulty is illustrated by the prosecution in the Netherlands of the politician Geert Wilders. Wilders had made a successful political career for himself and his Freedom Party, winning nearly a sixth of the seats in parliament in the 2010
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) 24 EHRR 1; see Barendt 2007, 192 55. on the Wilders case, see Rutger Kaput’s case study: Rutger Kaput, ‘Geert Wilders on Trial’, Free Speech Debate, http://freespeechdebate.com/en/case/geert-wilders-on-trial/, and his Dahrendorf essay, http://perma.cc/R2XM-NUBW. See also Timothy Garton Ash, ‘Intimidation and Censorship Are
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, We Need More Free Speech, Not Less’, The Guardian, 12 May 2011, http://perma.cc/FK9G-QCEC 56. Statement to the court, 7 February 2011, ‘Geert Wilders: The Lights Are Going Out All Over Europe (english subs)’, 8 February 2012, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pfEJaI2iS4 57. quoted in International Herald
Lonely Planet Amsterdam
by Lonely Planet
male to accede to the Dutch throne since 1890. In the 2017 Dutch general election, Mark Rutte's VVD party defeated controversial far-right politician Geert Wilders' Party for Freedom (PVV), gaining 33 seats to the PVV's 20. Had the PVV garnered a majority of seats, Wilders would have been unlikely
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up the Red Light District and close prostitution windows and coffeeshops believed to be controlled by organised crime. 2009 Amsterdam courts prosecute Dutch parliamentary leader Geert Wilders for 'incitement to hatred and discrimination'. (He is acquitted of all charges in 2011.) 2010 Members of the Dutch government officially apologise to the Jewish
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roughly one-fifth of the Red Light District's windows. 2017 Prime Minister Mark Rutte's People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) defeats Geert Wilders' Party for Freedom (PVV) in the Dutch general election. Dutch Painting They don't call them the Dutch Masters for nothing. The line-up includes
The Populist Explosion: How the Great Recession Transformed American and European Politics
by John B. Judis · 11 Sep 2016 · 177pp · 50,167 words
the Social Democrats and the Liberals. In Norway, the Progress Party (FrP) has been part of the ruling government coalition since 2013. In the Netherlands, Geert Wilders’s Freedom Party (PVV), currently the country’s third largest party, is well ahead in polls for the 2017 parliamentary elections. Britain’s United Kingdom
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gente against the casta—the people against the establishment. Italy’s Beppe Grillo rails against what he calls the “three destroyers”—journalists, industrialists, and politicians. Geert Wilders’s Freedom Party represents “Henk and Ingrid” against “the political elite.” The first European parties were rightwing populist. They accused the elites of coddling communists
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percent of the vote, making it the second largest in parliament. Without Fortuyn, the party eventually fell apart, but it was succeeded in 2006 by Geert Wilders’s highly successful Party for Freedom. Populists and the Welfare State As populist parties gained support for their stand against immigration, they widened their political
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. German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble described the National Front as “not a right-wing party but . . . a fascist, extremist party.” Dutch philosopher Rob Rieman accused Geert Wilders’s Freedom Party of being a “fascist movement.” The British Spectator described Beppe Grillo as “Italy’s New Mussolini.” Examples abound. The term “fascism” is
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.html 102inciting racial hatred: Cas Mudde, The Ideology of the Extreme Right, Manchester University Press, 2000, Chapter Five. See also Paul Lucardie and Gerrit Voerman, “Geert Wilders and the Party for Freedom,” Exposing the Demagogues. 104by 1999, 47 percent were: See Reinhard Heinsich, “Austrian Right-Wing Populism,” in Exposing the Demagogues, and
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