Geert Wilders

Seven of the PVV's 26 MPs left the parliamentary group in January 2026, criticising Wilders for the lack of internal discussion and the structure of a party in which he is the sole formal member.

State of the evidence

Split and stated reasons documented

Attribution

Directly implicated

On 3 June 2025, Wilders withdrew the PVV from the coalition after failing to secure agreement on his stringent immigration plan, causing the Schoof cabinet to collapse.

State of the evidence

Withdrawal and government collapse documented

Attribution

Directly implicated

Wilders introduced a bill declaring Islam a totalitarian ideology and prohibiting several forms of religious expression. The Council of State found it incompatible with fundamental rights; it was withdrawn in 2024.

State of the evidence

Bill, negative Council of State opinion and withdrawal documented

Legal status — source text

Council of State: insurmountable objections and incompatibility with the rule of law; bill withdrawn in 2024

Attribution

Directly implicated

After asking a crowd whether they wanted 'fewer Moroccans', Wilders was definitively found guilty of group insult, with no punishment imposed.

State of the evidence

Statements and final conviction documented

Legal status — source text

Supreme Court of the Netherlands, 6 July 2021: conviction for groepsbelediging (group insult) upheld; no punishment; acquittal of incitement to discrimination maintained

Attribution

Directly implicated

The PVV manifesto proposed, among other measures, zero asylum seekers, an end to immigration from Muslim countries, closure of mosques and Islamic schools, a ban on the Quran and Nexit.

State of the evidence

Public manifesto documented

Attribution

Directly implicated

The PVV withdrew from the Catshuis austerity negotiations, causing the minority Rutte I cabinet to collapse and triggering an early election.

State of the evidence

Withdrawal of support and cabinet collapse documented

Attribution

Directly implicated

Wilders released Fitna, a film juxtaposing verses from the Quran with images of terrorism, and was subsequently tried over a series of anti-Islam statements. The court acquitted him of all charges in 2011.

State of the evidence

Film, statements and trial documented; acquitted on all charges

Legal status — source text

Amsterdam District Court, 23 June 2011: acquitted of group insult and incitement to hatred or discrimination

Attribution

Directly implicated

Course of the proceedings

1. Formally charged — Formal charge before the current outcome

Wilders proposed an annual tax of 1,000 euros on women wearing Islamic headscarves, describing them as pollution of public space.

State of the evidence

Public parliamentary proposal documented

Attribution

Directly implicated