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Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders resumes campaign activities following reported drone threat
Geert Wilders resumes campaigning after suspending it due to a suspected drone attack plot in Belgium; his Party for Freedom and Democracy leads polls ahead of Oct. 29 election.
- On Wednesday, Geert Wilders resumed his election campaign after suspending activities as a possible target of a suspected plot in Belgium, saying, `Elections are coming, it is campaign time and I feel a great responsibility toward the Netherlands and PVV voters.`
- Last week, Belgian authorities arrested three young men accused of planning a jihadist-inspired terrorist attack using drone-mounted explosives, discovering a homemade explosive after arrests on Thursday.
- Facing confirmed threats, Wilders cancelled television and radio debates after the Dutch National Coordinator for Counter-Terrorism and Safety confirmed he was a target; he has lived under round-the-clock protection for 21 years.
- Despite leading polls, Wilders faces coalition roadblocks as other mainstream parties rule out alliances, meaning months of negotiation after the Oct. 29 Second Chamber election.
- Having won in late 2023, the PVV's platform centers on migration, with its manifesto calling for a halt to asylum-seekers, military border patrols, and closure of reception centres amid violent protests.
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Dutch right-wing politician Geert Wilders, leader of the anti-immigrant Freedom Party, has restarted his election campaign ahead of the elections at the end of October. The German...
·Aarhus, Denmark
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Wilders dropped his campaign activities last week for his own safety, he wrote on X.
·Copenhagen, Denmark
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The election campaign in the Netherlands was held around a week without the favourite Geert Wilders. Now the right winger wants to join again.
·Berlin, Germany
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Leaning Left6Leaning Right3Center3Last UpdatedBias Distribution50% Left
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