Flamboyant anti-establishment politician who labelled Moroccans 'scum' missed out on becoming the Prime Minister of Holland <\/p>\n
DUTCH anti-establishment politician Geert Wilders started his Party for Freedom by declaring independence from the elite in Hague and is renowned for his divisive anti-Islam rhetoric <\/p>\n
Wilders who has branded Moroccans scum was defeated in the elections but hasremained defiant by pledging to win his countrys next general election. <\/p>\n
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Geert Wilders is the leader and founder of right-wing Dutch political party Party for Freedom. <\/p>\n
The 53-year-old is from Venlo, in the southeast Netherlands and is married to Hungarian diplomat Krisztina Wilders. <\/p>\n
He is Parliamentary Leader of his party in the House of Representatives andhas been named Politician of the Year several times by radio station NOS-radio. <\/p>\n
Wilders is known as Captain Peroxide and Mozart because of his flamboyant blonde hair described by Radio Netherlands asthe most famous bleach-blond since Marilyn Monroe. <\/p>\n
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Wilders considers himself to be a right-wing liberal whose greatest political role model is former PM Margaret Thatcher. <\/p>\n
He doesn't like the Dutch political system and thinks that there is a ruling elite of politicians who care about themselves and not their constituents. <\/p>\n
He also advocates \"Nexit\" - the Netherlands (Holland) leaving the EU. <\/p>\n
Wildersis very passionate about Israel, living there for two years when he was younger and visiting the country over 40 times. <\/p>\n
He says that when he returned to Hollandhe had a \"special feeling of solidarity\" for the country. <\/p>\n
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The Dutch political party Partij Voor de Vrijheid (PVV), which translates as the Party for Freedom, are right wing and are the third-largest party in parliament with 24 seats. <\/p>\n
The party are Euro-sceptic and have advocated for leaving the EU, with Wilderscalling for \"Nexit\". <\/p>\n
Their policies include withdrawing from the EU, going back to the guilder (old Dutch currency) instead of the euro, repealing anti-smoking laws in bars and limiting Cannabis shops by ensuring they are more than 1km away from schools. <\/p>\n
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Senior Republican congressman Steve King sparked a social media backlash when he tweeted: \"Wilders understands that culture and demographics are our destiny. <\/p>\n
\"We can't restore our civilisation with someone else's babies\". <\/p>\n
King, the Republican representative of Iowa, is a strong advocate of stopping birthright citizenship. <\/p>\n
All children born in the US get citizenship under the country's constitution. <\/p>\n
His post about Wilders was retweeted by the former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke with the words: \"Sanity reigns supreme\". <\/p>\n
Many were quick to denounce King, including former Democratic presidential wannabe Hillary Clinton's daughter Chelsea. <\/p>\n
She tweeted: \"Clearly the Congressman does not view all our children as, well, all our children. <\/p>\n
\"Particularly painful on Purim.\" <\/p>\n
In March last year Wilders went on trial for \"discrimination and hatred\" against Moroccans living in Holland. <\/p>\n
He had promised to reduce the number of Moroccans living in the country. <\/p>\n
Wilders was convicted on December 9 2016 but no penalty was imposed. <\/p>\n
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Far-right politician Geert Wilders was defeated in the Dutch elections on March 15. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Dutch centre-right Prime Minister Mark Rutte scored a resounding victoryoffering huge relief to other governments across Europe facing a wave of nationalism. <\/p>\n
Rutte declared it an \"evening in which the Netherlands, after Brexit, after the American elections, said 'stop' to the wrong kind of populism.\" <\/p>\n
In response Mr Wilders called his comments very worrying, as if populists are semi-Nazis. <\/p>\n
He added: Rutte has not seen the back of me. <\/p>\n
He remained defiant by pledging to win his countrys next general election in the face of claims his party are Nazis. <\/p>\n
Wilders, the leader and founder of the Party for Freedom, tweeted: We were the 3rd largest party of the Netherlands. Now we are the 2nd largest party. Next time we will be number 1! <\/p>\n
The firebrandalso claims his party have defied the exit polls and experts towin 20 seats, as opposed to the predicted 19. <\/p>\n
Up to 13 million people in the Netherlands voted in theelection which was seen as a face-off between Wildersand Rutte. <\/p>\n
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