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Geert Wilders
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Geert Wilders
BIOGRAPHY
Geert Wilders is a Member of Parliament in the Netherlands and is the leader of the Party for Freedom. The young Geert Wilders formed many of his political views in his travels to Israel and the neighboring Arab countries. His early job at the Dutch social insurance agency moved him to politics, where he worked as a speechwriter for the liberal People's Party for Freedom and Democracy. In 1996, he moved to the city of Utrecht, and represented his pluralistic neighborhood in the city council, and later the House of Representatives of the Netherlands.
Citing irreconcilable differences on the party's position on Turkish accession to the European Union, Wilders left the People's Party in 2006 to form his own party, the Party for Freedom. Since then, he has been outspoken on the issues of immigration, Islamic fundamentalism and freedom of speech. His 2008 film about Islam in the Netherlands, Fitna, has received international attention, condemnation, and comparisons to Theo van Gogh. Due to death threats, he has been forced into guarded isolation, and has been banned from entering the United Kingdom since 12 February 2009 because of his opinions.
Diary Entries
Why I Am In America Fighting for Free Speech
By Geert Wilders | 04/29/09
Freedom of expression is under attack. This is a theme I am addressing here in America this week as part of the Free Speech Summit being held in Florida under the sponsorship of the Florida Security Council. And it is clear that a serious discussion of the threats to our freedoms in the West cannot come too soon. For example, my friend Rep. Adam Hasner, the majority leader of the Florida House of Representatives was attacked in a press release... read more »
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DIARIST
REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES / NATIONAL IMPACT
Geert Wilders
Member For
46 weeks 4 days
Website:
Geert Wilders
BIOGRAPHY
Geert Wilders is a Member of Parliament in the Netherlands and is the leader of the Party for Freedom. The young Geert Wilders formed many of his political views in his travels to Israel and the neighboring Arab countries. His early job at the Dutch social insurance agency moved him to politics, where he worked as a speechwriter for the liberal People's Party for Freedom and Democracy. In 1996, he moved to the city of Utrecht, and represented his pluralistic neighborhood in the city council, and later the House of Representatives of the Netherlands.
Citing irreconcilable differences on the party's position on Turkish accession to the European Union, Wilders left the People's Party in 2006 to form his own party, the Party for Freedom. Since then, he has been outspoken on the issues of immigration, Islamic fundamentalism and freedom of speech. His 2008 film about Islam in the Netherlands, Fitna, has received international attention, condemnation, and comparisons to Theo van Gogh. Due to death threats, he has been forced into guarded isolation, and has been banned from entering the United Kingdom since 12 February 2009 because of his opinions.
Diary Entries
Why I Am In America Fighting for Free Speech
By Geert Wilders | 04/29/09
Freedom of expression is under attack. This is a theme I am addressing here in America this week as part of the Free Speech Summit being held in Florida under the sponsorship of the Florida Security Council. And it is clear that a serious discussion of the threats to our freedoms in the West cannot come too soon. For example, my friend Rep. Adam Hasner, the majority leader of the Florida House of Representatives was attacked in a press release... read more »
21 Comments | Related Topics »Sarasota County (FL) | National |
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