Up to 400 of the Christian Democratic Party faithful, with more expected to follow, have signed a petition calling on the Christian Democratic Appeal party to stop negotiating with Wilders’ PVV and the majority VVD (right-wing liberals), who are driving the talks for a minority government supported in parliament by Mr Wilders. Prominent signatories are reported to include mayors, former MPs and local politicians.
The populist Mr Wilders was the biggest winner, going from nine to 24 seats in the June elections. The latest poll shows that he would win 31 seats if an election was held now.
Mr Wilders and his People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy stood on a manifesto of banning further mosques in the Netherlands, outlawing the Islamic headscarf, curbing welfare payments to Muslims and stopping medical care for illegal immigrants and their children.
For more: Resistance to Wilders coalition grows - The Irish Times - Mon, Aug 16, 2010
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