via DutchNews.nl:
MPs are overwhelmingly in favour of new legislation to increase transparency in political party funding, but the PVV wants to keep its donations secret, website nu.nl reports.
The draft legislation will be debated on Wednesday and Thursday and will require parties to publish the identies of donors giving over €4,500, nu.nl says.
PVV parliamentarian Hero Brinkman says the measure is ‘anti-PVV’.
Of course Geert Wilders opposes this legislation because, as the article notes, the majority of his donations come from far right groups in the US (such as the one from Pamela Geller). This foreign donations would raise suspicions of his big talks of patriotism, nationalism and allegiance to The Netherlands.
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