Netherlands - Trouw
The populist Wilders is named Dutch Man of the Year
“The populist leader Geert Wilders, leader of the Party for Freedom, has
become man of the year for NOS [Dutch Television] because he has dominated
public debate. “He emerged a winner once votes cast by on-line participants
and the parliamentary press were counted. The fact that he has received
such esteem from the parliamentary press which he invariably calls ‘lefty’
is very surprising. The NOS election has nonetheless been a little muddled
this year: there were several winners. Members of the SGP [Christian
Fundamentalist Party] voted massively for their leader on the Internet, so
that Bas van der Vlies was the absolute winner of the on-line vote. Among
the journalists, it is Alexander Pechtold, leader of D66 [left-wing liberal
party], who obtained most points, precisely because he is firmly against
Wilders.” (18/12/2007)
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