Geert Wilders puts the Netherlands in a delicate position

Geert Wilders, head of the Liberty Party (PVV, far-right), recently announced that his anti-Muslim film is finished and that he wants to broadcast it on television. The Dutch daily wonders which attitude the government should adopt towards this film. "The government should avoid giving the impression that it is violating freedom of expression. It should however insist on Wilders' responsibility concerning the consequences the broadcasting of his film is likely to have on citizens' safety, on Dutch soldiers abroad and on the Dutch economy. With the case of the Danish caricatures still fresh in our memories, it is not too difficult to imagine reactions. The government is right to show to the outside world that it does not share Wilders' views. It can do nothing more than call upon Wilders' sense of responsibility."

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