Europe’s far-right parties are set to contest next year’s European elections on a common manifesto, according to French National Front leader Marine Le Pen. At a press conference in the Strasbourg Parliament on Wednesday (23 October), Le Pen, flanked by … Continue reading
Reports and comment from Islamophobia Watch 14-20 October 2013
Reports and comment from Islamophobia Watch 23-29 September 2013
Geert Wilders, leader of the anti-immigration PVV, and Alexander Pechtold of the Liberal democratic party D66 have clashed in parliament over Nazi salutes spotted at last weekend’s PVV rally. During the first of the two-day debate on the budget, Pechtold … Continue reading
The controversial leader of the Dutch Party for Freedom (PVV), Geert Wilders, has toured Europe over the past few weeks in an attempt to create a new movement of far-right parties ahead of the next European elections, scheduled to take … Continue reading
Geert Wilders, leader of the anti-immigration PVV, is hoping to work together with Swedish and Italian nationalist parties as well as Belgium’s Vlaams Belang and the Front National in France, Nos television reports. Wilders, who has made no secret of … Continue reading
Anti-Islam campaigner Geert Wilders is looking to form an alliance with other similarly-minded parties, including France’s Front National, to fight next year’s European elections, the Volkskrant reports on Saturday. Wilders, who leads the PVV in parliament, recently met Front National … Continue reading
Belgian politicians have submitted a proposal to impeach or limit the influence of Muslim extremists in power. MPs fear that Muslim politicians do not shake hands with women and are creating an isolated community. Alain Destexhe, a liberal member of … Continue reading
The International Civil Liberties Alliance and its supporters continue to post material from the ICLA meeting at the European Parliament earlier this week. A video of EDL leader Stephen Lennon’s speech is now online. Not that it provides any fresh insights into … Continue reading
A Belgian politician has risked causing uproar among Muslims after starting a “Women Against Islamization” campaign featuring his 19-year-old daughter wearing a burka and a bikini. Filip Dewinter, leader of the far-right Vlaams Belang party, uses a shot of his … Continue reading