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A group of Dutch Christian Democrat (CDA) published an open letter Thursday opposing any coalition partnership with the anti-Islam PVV party led by Geert Wilders.
The strongly worded statement, which accused the PVV of stigmatising minorities, cast a shadow on coalition talks which began Monday.
"In its political statements and electoral platform, the PVV has gone against many of our fundamental rights, notably the right to equal treatment and the right to freely practice religion according to one's beliefs," the group of 44 CDA members wrote in a letter published in the Christian daily Trouv.