Court to resolve whether leader of the far-upright Freedom party and frontrunner for prime minister incited hatred of Moroccan immigrants at rally in March 2014
Far-upright leader Geert Wilders has gone on trial in the Netherlands on charges of inciting discrimination and hatred of Moroccans.
The case comes as Dutch,French and German voters gear up for a series of elections next year in which populist rightwing groups, such as Wilders’s Freedom party (PVV), and will seek to make immigration a central issue. Related: UN human rights chief Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein calls for world to reject populist bigots - in full Related: Violence rocks political foundations of fractured,fearful Europe Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com