The Netherlands veers sharply to the right with a new government dominated by party of Geert Wilders

THE HAGUE (AP) — Anti-Islam firebrand Geert Wilders and three other party leaders agreed on a coalition deal early Thursday that veers the Netherlands toward the hard right, capping a half year of tumultuous negotiations that still left it unclear … Read More

Formation of Dutch government advances as far-right Wilders admits he can’t be PM

Four parties have agreed to pursue ‘extra-parliamentary’ cabinet, says mediator overseeing tense coalition talks Dutch coalition talks will move on from exploratory discussions to more concrete negotiations aimed at forming a largely technocratic government, after the far-right leader Geert Wilders accepted he … Read More

Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – November 24, 2023

Greetings from Tyler, The news of the day is the release of hostages from Gaza back to Israel.  They’ll all have stories to tell.  What, are we supposed to have respect for the terrorists now?  No doubt, people who are … Read More

Chris Mullin: far right is driving Europe back to dark age

Migrants on the German military ship Rhein. Photograph: Alfonso Di Vincenzo/Kontrolab/LightRocket via Getty Images ‘Go Back to Where you Came From’ analyses the problem well but has few solutions As the Syrian refugee crisis spread across Europe in autumn 2015 … Read More