Geert Wilders
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Gender | Male |
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Age | 60 |
Web site | www.geertwilders.nl |
Date of birth | September 6,1963 |
Zodiac sign | Virgo |
Born | Venlo |
Height | 195 (cm) |
Spouse | Krisztina Wilders |
Party | Party for Freedom |
Job | Politician |
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Nationality | Dutch |
Siblings | Paul Wilders |
Books | Marked for Death: Islam's War Against the West and Me |
Parents | Johannes Henricus Andreas Wilders |
Maria Anne Ording | |
Movies/Shows | Fitna |
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Founded | Party For Freedom |
Grandparents | Mathijs Wilders |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 459610 |
Geert Wilders Life story
Geert Wilders is a Dutch politician who has led the Party for Freedom since he founded it in 2006. He is also the party's leader in the House of Representatives, having held a parliamentary seat since 1998.
Key Dutch party sees 'no basis' for talks with Wilders
...By Anna Holligan & Sam HancockBBC News, The Hague and LondonA major Dutch political party has said it will not enter talks with anti-Islam leader Geert Wilders about forming a coalition cabinet for now...
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What Geert Wilders' victory means for Dutch society
...By Anna HolliganBBC News, The HagueFor decades Geert Wilders has a been one of the most divisive characters in Dutch society...
Wilders Dutch vote: Centre-right VVD rules out role in cabinet
...By Paul KirbyBBC NewsThe biggest party in the former Dutch government has ruled out a role in the next Dutch cabinet, after anti-Islam populist Geert Wilders dramatic election victory...
Geert Wilders' victory in Netherlands election spooks Europe
...By Katya AdlerEurope editorThe unexpectedly meaty win for controversial, hard-right politician Geert Wilders in Wednesday s general election in the Netherlands set international headlines on fire...
Geert Wilders: Who is he and what does he want?
...By Paul KirbyBBC News, The HagueGeert Wilders doesn t like being called far-right; he insists he s just speaking up for ordinary people...
Dutch election: Anti-Islam populist Wilders ahead - exit poll
...By Paul KirbyBBC News, The HagueVeteran anti-Islam populist leader Geert Wilders is heading for a dramatic victory in the the Dutch general election, says an Ipsos exit poll...
Dutch election: Voters choose new leaders in neck-and-neck race
... But she is in a tight race with anti-Islam populist Geert Wilders and a left-alliance led by former top-ranking EU commissioner Frans Timmermans...
Wilders Dutch vote: Centre-right VVD rules out role in cabinet
By Paul KirbyBBC News
The biggest party in the former Dutch government has ruled out a role in The Next Dutch cabinet, after anti-Islam populist Geert Wilders ' dramatic election victory.
In a blow to Mr Wilders' hopes of a majority, centre-right VVD leader Dilan Yesilgöz said her party needed a different role, after losing 10 seats.
Political leaders met to consider their next steps in forming a coalition.
A scout from Mr Wilders' Freedom Party will now assess who could take part.
The far-right PVV won 37 seats in Tuesday's election, far More Than any other party, More Than doubling its representation in the 150-seat parliament.
The scale of his victory has put pressure on centre and centre-right parties to help form a Wilders-led government.
The Dutch coalition process tends to take several months, and The First step in The Process began on Friday with The Appointment of Freedom Party senator Gom van Strien as The Scout who will hold initial talks with all the relevant parties.
But As Party leaders assembled for exploratory talks in the Parliament Building , Ms Yesilgöz, whose VVD party came third in Wednesday's vote, announced she would not take part in The Next administration because Dutch voters had given a " clear signal".
" The big winners of these elections are the PVV and [new centrist party] NSC, " she told Dutch TV. " But we will make a centre-right cabinet Possible - so we will support that and won't block it. "
Without the liberals, Mr Wilders will struggle to Make Up the 76 seats needed to form a majority. The only other major potential partners are the newly formed centrist New Social Contract and the centre-right Farmer Citizens Movement.
However, Ms Yesilgöz emphasised that her party would Be Prepared to play a constructive role as a tacit partner in supporting a minority government in parliament. The VVD's 24 seats could in effect hand him a working majority.
Mr Wilders said he was very disappointed by the VVD's decision, which he complained had been taken " without taking part in negotiations for a minute. . and this isn't what VVD-voters want either, I think".
He complained that forming a cabinet could now take months and Ms Yesilgöz had not made it any easier.
Commentators were quick to point out that Geert Wilders had himself propped up Mark Rutte 's first VVD-led government as a tacit partner in 2010, but he triggered its collapse little More Than a year and a half later when he refused to back austerity measures.
Mr Wilders badly needs the support of New Social Contract, formed only in August by whistleblower MP Pieter Omtzigt , and the BBB Farmer Citizens Movement, which has a strong representation in the upper house, The Senate .
By deciding not to be part of The Cabinet , Ms Yesilgöz has also increased pressure on Mr Omtzigt to join a coalition, because with 20 seats he is the only other top-four party still available.
Mr Omtzigt said the timing of her announcement was odd and made the whole process more complicated.
BBB leader Caroline van der Plas complained that it was the centre-right liberals under previous leader Mark Rutte who had led to in the First Place , in a row over capping asylum numbers. Now again, She Said , it was about playing Party Politics , " and not about what citizens want".
Her newly elected MPs were brought to the Parliament Building by seven tractors, one for each MP.
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com