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Titled, "The Netherlands is ours again," Wilders published the one page, 11 point screed on Thursday, highlighting the party's hard-line positions on Islam.
The document, published ahead of a general election in March, calls for the closure of all mosques and Islamic schools, a ban on the Koran, and "no more immigrants from Islamic countries."
A ban on "Islamic headscarves" in public is also proposed, as well as the prohibition of all "Islamic expressions which violate public order."
All these measures will, Wilders argues, save the country €7.2 bn (US$8bn).
"The PVV is fighting Islam, wants to close the borders of the European Union and all the billions we thus save giving back to the people," Wilders said in a statement. "My message to Netherlands: Netherlands must again be ours."
It also targets the European Union with the party promising to hold a referendum on the country's membership in the EU.
The PVV is also calling for spending to be increased in the areas of policing and armed forces while they want "no more money for foreign aid, windmills, art, innovation, public broadcasters."
Wilders' plans have been described as "utterly bizarre and unbelievable" by the leader of the Christian Democratic Appeal, Sybrand van Haersma Buma.
"The program will further polarize Dutch society," he said.
Wilders, who has twice appeared in court for inciting hatred in both 2011 and in March 2016, will emerge as the biggest party following March's elections, if the opinion polls are to be believed.
There is a catch though, with most parties stating they won't go into coalition with Wilders.
Wilders, who has often been compared to US Republican presidential Donald Trump for both their shared hair styles and immigration policies, attended the four-day US Republican Party convention in July.
"I wish we had political leaders like this in the Netherlands who defend their own country... and forget the rest," Wilders said of Trump's bid for the US presidency.
In 2009, Wilders was banned from the UK on public security grounds after his film "Fitna" branded the Koran a "fascist book" and linked it to terrorism, causing much controversy. An immigration tribunal ruling overturned the ban shortly after, however.
The following year, the PVV supported a minority government led by the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD). This relationship ended in 2012, however, when the PVV pulled their support over austerity measures VVD wanted to introduce.
Comment: This man is seriously not right in the head. Funnily enough, he happens to have a lot in common with the 'terrorist extremists' he rallies so hard against. He's a small-minded, destructive, bigoted, unscrupulous blot on humanity. The only good thing about this creature is that, as a result of the polarization he is creating in Dutch society, it's a lot easier to see who the mindless authoritarian followers are. If Wilders ever becomes prime minister, remember their faces, and avoid them like the plague.
Reader Comments
Don't worry, if that man is elected PM of the Netherlands I'll kill him myself. That guy is an outright mental case, in a country that is the mental case of the planet, head of the extreme right wing party in the Netherlands, spitting threats and insults left and right.
Israeli shill, claiming to be "for holland". Just like the US elections, one would be better off voting against then for somebody. The least hated wins.. Opponent "sir"Sybrand van Haersma Buma is just as much a cartoon character..






I suppose it's official...
The 'rabbit hole' that mankind dream it was going down, has turned out to be a sewer pipe.