Deputy Prime Minister Maxime Verhagen has criticised the language used by Freedom Party (PVV) leader Geert Wilders in the Dutch parliament on Wednesday.
“If it was meant to be funny, he missed the mark,” he said. Mr Verhagen went on to explain it was up to the speaker of the house to decide whether Mr Wilders’ words were acceptable.
MPs from all sides of the house expressed dissatisfaction with Mr Wilders’ performance during the first day of the parliamentary debate on the budget.
The leaders of the Labour, Socialist, Green Left, Democrats D66 and Christian Union parties all objected during the debate to what they described as Mr Wilders’ lack of respect when talking about subjects such as Islam and his fellow MPs.
Christian Democrat leader Sybrand van Haersma said: “If you have freedom of speech, you’ve also got to have respect. I didn't hear that from Mr Wilders.”
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Heer Wilders was given the green light to CONTINUE when he was acquitted of exactly this hateful speech/action/behavior/manipulation earlier this year.
They should listen to him-he's going out on a limb again and again to help save his country and all the susposedly free nations from Islamic imposition . Give him credit-he's got guts. I say go Geert !
They should listen to him-he's going out on a limb again and again to help save his country and all the susposedly free nations from Islamic imposition . Give him credit-he's got guts. I say go Geert !