(NL Times) A few days before a Cabinet containing ministers from the far-right PVV is installed for the first time, party leader Geert Wilders lashed out fiercely against Islam in a post on social media. Wilders said the religion “is a disgusting, reprehensible, violent and hateful religion” on Wednesday.
He invoked the coalition agreement’s caveat that “criticism of religion” is allowable, and the four parties in the coalition agreed to uphold the basic rule of law. Wilders made his statement in the context that he has endured “20 years of protection, safe houses, 5 fatwas, thousands of death threats and visits to many Islamic countries.”
Recently, there has been a discussion in Parliament about what does and does not fall within the boundaries of the baseline coalition agreement, as became apparent during various hearings with prospective ministers and state secretaries.
