National Front leader [[Marine Le Pen]] is currently the frontrunner for the 2017 French presidential election.
National Front leader [[Marine Le Pen]] is currently the frontrunner for the 2017 French presidential election.
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==Netherlands==
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===Party for Freedom===
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:''Main articles: [[Party for Freedom]] and [[Geert Wilders]]''
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The Party for Freedom (''Partij voor de Vrijheid'' or PVV) is a conservative political party. It currently occupies 15 seats in the Lower House (''Tweede Kamer'') of the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] Parliament.
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The leader of the PVV is [[Geert Wilders]]. The other members are Fleur Agema, Raymond de Roon, Hero Brinkman, Martin Bosma, Barry Madlener, Teun van Dijck, Sietse Fritsma, Dion Graus<ref>http://www.pvv.nl/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=15&Itemid=5 PVV Fractie</ref>
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The party aims to stop immigration, lower taxes, create stricter laws against criminals and terrorists and create basic laws for animal rights.<ref>http://www.pvv.nl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=788&Itemid=139 PVV Visie</ref>
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Because of his outspoken views on radical Islam, PVV leader Wilders is under 24-7 police protection:
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* In November 2004, "a Muslim fanatic murdered Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh for making a movie about the abuse of women under Islam".<ref>[http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/may/4/resisting-threat-of-fanatical-islam/ Resisting threat of fanatical Islam: West must not surrender permanent liberty for temporary tolerance] - [[Geert Wilders]], ''The Washington Times''</ref>