Geert Wilders

Elon Musk on Thursday called for the release from prison of Tommy Robinson, one of Britain's best known far-right agitators, in the U.S. tech billionaire's latest U.K. intervention.

The Dutch Party for Freedom (PVV), led by Geert Wilders, has submitted a resolution in the Dutch parliament aimed at blocking Bulgaria and Romania's accession to the Schengen area by land. Sources familiar with the situation suggest that the resolution is unlikely to gain sufficient support.

The Netherlands may still pose a challenge to Bulgaria and Romania's full accession to the Schengen zone, according to a report in the Financial Times.

Israeli fans of Maccabi Tel Aviv and tourists reported attacks in Amsterdam on Thursday night.

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar will travel to the Netherlands on Friday following yesterday’s riots, The Times of Israel news website reports, to talk to Dutch authorities about the wild riots in Amsterdam.

In recent days, Kyriakos Mitsotakis has drawn clear lines between New Democracy and the right-wing opposition.

France’s far-right leader Marine Le Pen said today from Brussels that she doubts the EU’s intention to tighten its immigration policy while welcoming the change in attitude of some states and bloc leaders on the issue.

Geert Wilders, a big winner in his country’s election last November, called Iran’s supreme religious leader Ali Khamenei “a psychopath and a lunatic,” among other things.

The Dutchman was quick to express his strong displeasure at the missile attack by the mullahs’ regime on Israel.

Just days after Germany's unilateral move to enhance border restrictions, the new Dutch coalition government, led by Geert Wilders' far-right Party For Freedom (PVV), has asked the EU for an opt-out from the asylum rules in a letter to the Commission.

Dutch Migration Minister Marjolein Faber declared, "We must take back control of asylum policy."

King Willem-Alexander of Netherlands (R) and Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof arrive for the signing of the Royal Decrees at Huis ten Bosch Palace in The Hague, on July 2, 2024.