The Group Wilders (Groep Wilders) is a right-wing conservative Dutch political group that was started in August 2004 after Geert Wilders left the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy after a disagreement about the political direction. The group has been officially represented in the Tweede Kamer (second chamber or lower house of the Staten-Generaal) since September 2nd, 2004.
The group is currently only represented by Mr. Wilders, however opinion polls have indicated that if elections were held now the group would get a substantial number of seats.
The main issues the Group deals with is the integration of (Muslim) immigrants into Dutch society. Many people feel that there is space on the right of the political spectrum following the assassination of Pim Fortuyn and the subsequential disintegration of the List Pim Fortuyn. The group is said to sympathise with the neoconservative movement in the USA and the Edmund Burke Foundation in the Netherlands.
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