A majority in the lower house of the Dutch parliament wants the Netherlands to follow the United States’ lead and designate the far-left Antifa movement as a terrorist organization. A motion to that effect by Lidewij de Vos (FvD), Caroline van der Plas (BBB), and Geert Wilders (PVV) was passed with the support of the VVD, SGP, and JA21.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/49038271

A majority in the lower house of the Dutch parliament wants the Netherlands to follow the United States’ lead and designate the far-left Antifa movement as a terrorist organization.

  • A_norny_mousse@feddit.orgEnglish
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    1 day ago

    Yes, the Netherlands also let far-right populism into their government.

    But they cannot just do it by presidential decree; there’s a process and personally I doubt that the Dutch AFA will meet the criteria.

    Here’s a translated excerpt from their wikipedia page:

    A report from the National Coordinator for the fight against Terrorism and Security (NCTV) from March 2016 stated that AFA counter -demonstrations against Pegida could be accompanied by violence, but that there are no indications for left -wing radical terrorism.

    Thanks for helping us out with PEGIDA btw ✊