(NL Times) Pieter Omtzigt, leader of New Social Contract (NSC), and Caroline van der Plas, leader of the Farmer-Citizen Movement (BBB), publicly debated on Sunday over whether a proposed Quran ban had been part of coalition negotiations. The discussion followed comments made by Omtzigt earlier that day during an interview on WNL op Zondag.
During the interview, Omtzigt stated that “a party” proposed a five-year prison sentence for Quran possession and criminalized visiting mosques. Without explicitly naming the Party for Freedom (PVV), Omtzigt indicated that these anti-Islam proposals were the source of “heated discussions and clashes” during coalition negotiations.
“These proposals caused significant debates at the negotiating table,” Omtzigt said, referring to the controversial nature of the policies.
