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Dutch anti-Europe, anti-Islam party of Geert Wilders slammed in national elections
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Dutch+antiEurope+antiIslam+party+Geert+Wilders+slammed+national/7232088/story.htmlAMSTERDAM - While the winner of the Dutch national elections is not yet certain, the biggest loser appears certain to be Geert Wilders, the leader of the anti-Europe, anti-immigration Freedom Party.
Wilders, best known for his harsh anti-Islam rhetoric, gambled that the public sentiment in the Netherlands was sufficiently negative over the euro currency that he based his campaign on bashing the European Union.
According to exit polls, his party lost 11 seats in parliament, falling from 24 to 13.
"I would have rather stood here with good news, but the voter has spoken: we have lost badly," he told supporters after exit poll results were released.
He said he would continue to "fight," to "to protect the Netherlands against Europe, against mass immigration, against the (European) super-state."
Wilders, best known for his harsh anti-Islam rhetoric, gambled that the public sentiment in the Netherlands was sufficiently negative over the euro currency that he based his campaign on bashing the European Union.
According to exit polls, his party lost 11 seats in parliament, falling from 24 to 13.
"I would have rather stood here with good news, but the voter has spoken: we have lost badly," he told supporters after exit poll results were released.
He said he would continue to "fight," to "to protect the Netherlands against Europe, against mass immigration, against the (European) super-state."
