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Dutch Voters Head to Polls in Closely Watched Election

HeadlineMar 15, 2017

Voters in the Netherlands are heading to the polls today in a closely watched race, which pits Prime Minister Mark Rutte against far-right politician Geert Wilders. This is Wilders in the final debate before today’s vote.

Geert Wilders: “If we don’t dare to see Islam for what it is, the problem will not only be jihad, but Islam itself. Then the Netherlands and the free Western countries could no longer exist. We should not tolerate this.”

That was far-right politician Geert Wilders, who has been surging in the polls in recent days. He has vowed to close all mosques and ban the Quran, if elected. He was found guilty by a Dutch court of inciting racial discrimination last year. He’s also called for the Netherlands to leave the European Union.

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