Geert Wilders

Geert Wilders, leader of the Dutch Par­ty for Free­dom (Par­tij voor de Vri­jheid, PVV), is a promi­nent fig­ure in Euro­pean nation­al con­ser­vatism. His par­ty empha­sizes Dutch sov­er­eign­ty, strict immi­gra­tion con­trol, and the preser­va­tion of nation­al iden­ti­ty. Wilders has pro­posed poli­cies such as ban­ning the Quran, clos­ing mosques, and halt­ing asy­lum appli­ca­tions, argu­ing that Islam­ic cul­ture threat­ens Dutch val­ues root­ed in Enlight­en­ment lib­er­al­ism. Unlike many nation­al con­ser­v­a­tives who empha­size Chris­t­ian her­itage, Wilders presents him­self as a staunch sec­u­lar­ist defend­ing West­ern free­doms from reli­gious encroach­ment. Eco­nom­i­cal­ly, the PVV sup­ports gen­er­ous wel­fare policies—but explic­it­ly for native Dutch cit­i­zens, com­bin­ing social spend­ing with exclu­sion­ary nation­al­ism. The par­ty oper­ates with­out for­mal mem­ber­ship, with Wilders as its sole offi­cial mem­ber and undis­put­ed leader—making it a per­son­al­ist, pop­ulist orga­ni­za­tion. While dif­fer­ing in tone and struc­ture from more tra­di­tion­al nation­al con­ser­v­a­tive par­ties like Hungary’s Fidesz or Poland’s PiS, the PVV fits with­in the broad­er Euro­pean trend of cul­tur­al­ly defen­sive, anti-glob­al­ist nationalism.

References

1. Geert Wilders — Wikipedia

2. Par­ty for Free­dom — Wikipedia

3. Anti-Islam law­mak­er Geert Wilders unveils a 10-point plan to slash migra­tion in the Nether­lands — AP News

4. Dutch far-right leader Geert Wilders quits coali­tion over asy­lum pol­i­cy — ABC News

5. Dutch gov­ern­ment on brink of col­lapse after Wilders’ far-right par­ty quits — Reuters