Dutch Party for Freedom (PVV) leader Geert Wilders celebrated Dutch PVV MP Maikel Boon’s motion to criminalize certain speech, classifying the statement “from the river to the sea” as a call to violence. Wilders congratulated Boon on the motion to punish the phrase, stating on X, “PVV motion passed! From the river to the sea punishable! Well done @Maikel_PVV 👍”
Boon celebrated the motion to criminalize the phrase passing, stating on X, “Great that the motion to consider the expression ‘From the river to the sea’ as a call to violence was passed! #PVV #Antisemitisme”
PVV supporters are criticizing restrictions on other types of speech, though, with Dutch conservative commentator and PVV supporter Eva Vlaardingerbroek announcing on X today that her friend Raisa Blommestijn was ordered to appear before a criminal chamber for “group insult” after she made comments online “criticizing mass migration” in the Netherlands.
Vlaardingerbroek’s statement on X:
