Dutch Activists - Pim Fortuyn, Ruud Lubbers, Dries Van Agt, Edward Brongersma, Geert Wilders, Poncke Princen, Theo Van Gogh, Diederik Samsom (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 37. Chapters: Pim Fortuyn, Ruud Lubbers, Dries van Agt, Edward Brongersma, Geert Wilders, Poncke Princen, Theo van Gogh, Diederik Samsom, Jan Marijnissen, Wilhelmina Drucker, Jan Nico Scholten, Marianne Thieme, Wam Kat, Sandra Roelofs, Rene Roemersma, Daniel de Clercq, Louis Fles, Jacqueline de Jong, Hajo Meyer, Kars Veling, Jan P. Strijbos, Ewout Irrgang, Niko Koffeman, Titia van der Tuuk, Martine van den Toorn-van Dam, Henri W.PH.E. van den Bergh van Eysinga, Lenie 't Hart, Bob van den Bos, Yvette Lacle. Excerpt: Geert Wilders (Dutch pronunciation: born 6 September 1963) is a Dutch politician and leader of the Party for Freedom (Partij voor de Vrijheid - PVV), the third-largest political party in the Netherlands. He is the Parliamentary group leader of his party in the Dutch House of Representatives. In the formation in 2010 of the current Rutte cabinet, a minority cabinet of VVD and CDA, he actively participated in the negotiations, resulting in a "toleration agreement" (gedoogakkoord) between the PVV and these parties. Wilders is best known for his criticism of Islam, summing up his views by saying, "I don't hate Muslims, I hate Islam." Born in Venlo, he was raised a Roman Catholic. Wilders left the church at his coming of age. His travels to Israel as a young adult, as well as to neighbouring Arab countries, helped form his political views. He worked as a speechwriter for the conservative-liberal People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie - VVD), and later served as parliamentary assistant to party leader Frits Bolkestein from 1990 to 1998. He was elected to the Utrecht city council in 1996, and later to the House of Representatives. Citing irreconcilable differences over the party's position on the accession of Turkey to the European Union, he left the VVD in 2004 to form his own par...