28 June 2011 In a leaked copy of a speech, Dutch Deputy Prime Minister Maxime Verhagen addresses Christian Democratic Party members with the message that worries about foreigners are ‘understandable’. Verhagen seeks to distance himself from the increasing populism in the Netherlands yet recognizes what drives it. He notes that “People are concerned about churches…
February 15 2011 Christian Democrat leader Maxime Verhagen has announced that he believes multicultural society has failed. He claims that the Dutch no longer feel at home in the country, and that immigrants are also unhappy, and called for the Dutch to be prouder of their country, as they are in the United States.
September 23 2010 Indonesia’s Ambassador to the Netherlands said in an interview with the Financieele Dagblad that a visit by the Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhynono would be thrown into question if the right wing PVV party formed part of the next coalition government. The ambassador also suggested that those who had voted for the…
A planned trip to Turkey by a delegation from the Dutch parliament has been cancelled. The trip was scheduled for January, and intended as a “fact finding mission” in connection with Turkey’s hopes to join the EU. Last week a representative from the foreign affairs ministry stated that Geert Wilders, leader of the right wing…
European Union countries Tuesday stepped up their opposition to Muslim attempts to shield Islam from criticism and attack Israel through a U.N. conference on racism. EU members were unusually outspoken in appearances before the U.N. Human Rights Council, saying they were worried about preparations for a global racism conference to be held next month because…
