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Jesus Malverde

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7. Never mind it's fresh in the memory of most Dutchmen that an Islamist killed
Fri Dec 4, 2015, 11:51 AM
Dec 2015

One of their politicians - Pim Fortuyn

From the article

Recent opinion polls indicate Wilders would win the most seats in the Dutch parliament if there were an election today. His Party for Freedom would gain more seats than the two ruling coalition government parties combined, the polls show.

After decades of relatively liberal immigration policy that let in large numbers of migrants from Turkey and Morocco, the Netherlands, a founder member of the EU, has become much less accommodating.

The country of 17 million people, which is a member of the EU's open-border Schengen area, now implements some of the toughest immigration policies in the 28-nation EU.

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