Geert Wilders hopes the global upsurge in anti-establishment and xenophobic feeling that has helped propel Trump to power will propel him to power. Dutch far-right leader Geert Wilders promised to crack down on “Moroccan scum” who he said were making the streets unsafe and urged the Dutch to “regain” their country as he launched his election campaign on Saturday.
Category: Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
EU races to meet Denmark-Europol deadline
“Why the hell was such a point put to a referendum?”, German social democrat MEP Birgit Sippel said at an European Parliament hearing on Denmark and Europol, the EU’s joint police agency, on Tuesday . She could barely hide her frustration with national votes that forced the EU to make convoluted derogations to keep people happy.