I doubt very seriously if Wilders believes he has any legal problems. Wilders has over a 73 percent approval rating in Holland, and all throughout Europa. The Dutch government would be foolish to arrest him, and they won't.
On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 12:26 PM, plainolamerican <[email protected]> wrote: > just letting you know about your brethren and his legal problems. > > On Thursday, October 9, 2014 9:44:48 AM UTC-5, KeithInTampa wrote: >> >> Not an American concern? Why are you posting this? >> >> >> >> On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 9:58 AM, plainolamerican <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> By Thomas Escritt >>> >>> AMSTERDAM, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Dutch authorities moved closer toward >>> prosecuting far-right politician Geert Wilders on Thursday, naming him as a >>> suspect and summoning him for interrogation over alleged racist remarks he >>> made in March. >>> >>> Wilders will be questioned on suspicion of insulting a group on the >>> basis of race and inciting discrimination and hatred, prosecutors said in a >>> statement. If convicted, he could face up to a year in prison or a fine of >>> up to 7,400 euros ($9,400). >>> >>> Wilders, whose controversial brand of anti-immigration, anti-Muslim >>> populism has propelled his Freedom Party to second place in opinion polls, >>> provoked widespread condemnation when he called for "fewer Moroccans" at a >>> campaign rally in March. >>> >>> Interrogating a suspect is the final step in the process of bringing >>> charges, prosecutors said. A spokeswoman stressed no decision had yet been >>> taken about charging Wilders but said there was a "significant chance" he >>> would end up in court. >>> >>> "I'm furious ... that I am being investigated by prosecutors and will >>> probably end up in court," Wilders told journalists in parliament after >>> learning of the summons. >>> >>> Prosecutors received over 6,400 complaints and several of his party's >>> most prominent lawmakers resigned from the party after Wilders asked >>> supporters at a rally in The Hague if they wanted "more or fewer Moroccans >>> in this city?" >>> >>> The crowd chanted: "Fewer! Fewer! Fewer!" Wilders smiled and responded: >>> "We'll take care of that." >>> >>> In a later interview with broadcaster RTL Z, he said "Moroccan scum" >>> should leave the Netherlands. Moroccans were over-represented in crime >>> statistics and in the number of people receiving social benefits, he argued. >>> >>> Wilders, who has lived for many years under 24-hour police protection >>> after receiving death threats because of an anti-Islamic film he made, >>> called the decision to interrogate him "incomprehensible". >>> >>> "I'm combative and angry. I said what millions of people feel," he told >>> reporters. "It's a scandal that when the world is in flames, prosecutors >>> choose to focus on a lawmaker who points out problems." >>> >>> Prosecutors should focus on the phenomenon of Dutch citizens going to >>> fight in Syria, "more than three quarters of whom are Moroccans," he added. >>> >>> Wilders has a history of statements that upset Muslims and Eastern >>> European migrant workers. >>> >>> He was prosecuted for hate crimes and discrimination in 2007 for calling >>> Islam a fascist ideology but acquitted four years later when a judge ruled >>> that criticising a religion was not the same as racism. >>> >>> "This time the remarks were directly aimed at a certain population group >>> - all Moroccans are put in the same box," said prosecution spokeswoman >>> Nicolette Stoel. >>> >>> The Netherlands, which long prided itself on its liberalism, admitted >>> millions of immigrant workers from Morocco and Turkey to fill jobs in an >>> expanding economy after World War Two. >>> >>> But attitudes have hardened as growth has slowed and jobs have become >>> scarce, propelling a string of anti-immigration politicians to the top of >>> opinion polls over the past decade. 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