The European parliament is to debate the website set up by the Dutch government’s alliance partner, the anti-immigration PVV, to collect complaints about central and eastern European nationals in the Netherlands.

In particular, prime minister Mark Rutte is to be asked to explain his ‘deafening silence’ on the issue, said Joseph Daul, leader of the European Peoples’ Party grouping in a news release.
The debate will take place on March 13 in Strasbourg at the plenary session of the European Parliament.
European values
‘I am angered that anyone could attack fellow Europeans. It is against all European and indeed human values to attack a group of people in this way,’ Daul said.
‘We especially call on the Dutch prime minister, Mark Rutte, to declare the position of his government on this issue and come before the European Parliament to explain his deafening silence.’
The EPP is the largest political grouping in the European parliament and includes the Dutch Christian Democrats.
Rutte has so far refused to condemn the website, saying it is a matter for the PVV.
PVV leader Geert Wilders reacted earlier to criticism of the site from European commissioners by saying ‘Europe can get stuffed’.
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What the papers say
Dear Dutch people
PVV site is not discriminatory