FYI. Wilders’ socialistic party platform:
The Party for Freedom combines economic liberalism with a conservative programme towards immigration and culture. The party seeks tax cuts (€16 billion in the 2006 election programme), de-centralization, abolition of the minimum wage, and limiting child benefits and government subsidies. Regarding immigration and culture, the party believes that the Judeo-Christian and humanist traditions should be treated as the dominant culture in the Netherlands, and that immigrants should adapt accordingly. The party wants a halt to immigration from non-western countries. It is skeptical towards the EU, is against future EU enlargement with countries like Turkey and opposes a dominant presence of Islam in the Netherlands.[21] The party is also opposed to dual citizenship (see below).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Party_for_Freedom#Political_issues
I meant to put socialistic in brackets.... And also add that economic liberalism means free market policies in case any one should be confused.
Cheers.
Wilders will go down in history as a hero of the anti-Islam movement that was desperately needed.
Well, it seems like Wilders’ party has moved to the right. Maybe they’ve been detecting where their support comes from.
FWIW, I agree with your assessment of the CDA, but I note that they formed governments with Labor as an alternative to standing back and watching Labor form governments with the Socialist and Green parties. I was sorta hoping that by calling for the CDA to “wake up,” some people might just get that comparing them to “Republicans” wasn’t exactly exalting them.