Power of speech
Presentatie Engels
Blok 2 2019
Slide 1
Do we want more or less freedom of speech?
As most of you may know Geert Wilders got fined for saying something like this during an
interview in The Hague in 2014. He asked if people wanted more or less Moroccans in the
Netherlands. As a Dutch politician, he got a lot of media attention for what he said.
Slide 2
You may think, what is the problem here? He’s just saying what he wants, and that is legal in
our country? That is true, you’re allowed to say whatever you want as said in article 7 of our
constitution. It says: ‘No one needs permission to share their thoughts or feelings through
press, taking the rest of the law in consideration.’
Presentatie Engels
Blok 2 2019
Slide 1
Do we want more or less freedom of speech?
As most of you may know Geert Wilders got fined for saying something like this during an
interview in The Hague in 2014. He asked if people wanted more or less Moroccans in the
Netherlands. As a Dutch politician, he got a lot of media attention for what he said.
Slide 2
You may think, what is the problem here? He’s just saying what he wants, and that is legal in
our country? That is true, you’re allowed to say whatever you want as said in article 7 of our
constitution. It says: ‘No one needs permission to share their thoughts or feelings through
press, taking the rest of the law in consideration.’
