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EU condemns Dutch anti-migrant website

13.02.12 @ 09:07

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EU citizens rights commissioner Viviane Reding over the weekend condemned a website set up by Dutch far-right politician Geert Wilders inviting complaints against Polish, Romanian and Bulgarian immigrants as an "open call to intolerance." “Europe can get stuffed. We’ve had more than 32,000 complaints," said Wilders in reply.

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