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The speaker is saying that people in the Netherlands are allowed to demonstrate and express disagreement openly. It presents those rights as part of how public life should work there.
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Originally said in English.
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About Geert Wilders
Dutch politician
Geert Wilders is a Dutch politician, born in 1963, and the founder and leader of the far-right Party for Freedom, or PVV. He has led the party since 2006 and also serves as its leader in the House of Representatives. He is best known for right-wing populism, opposition to immigration, hostility to Islam, and Euroscepticism. Those views have made him a controversial figure in the Netherlands and beyond. Since 2004, he has lived under constant armed police protection.
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