Amsterdam - Women wearing Muslim head coverings should be fined 1,000 euros (1,461 dollars) per year, Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders told parliament on Wednesday. Wilders, leader of the liberal-right Freedom Party PVV made his remarks during a parliamentary debate about the government's
budget plans.
"Everyone who wants to wear a headscarf, should first apply for a headscarf license," Wilders said. He added the fine, which he called a "head rags tax," was meant to "demotivate" people to wear Muslim attire.
Wilders also announced that on Thursday he would file a motion against the government following its refusal to reply to the Freedom Party's request to calculate the "entire expenses of mass immigration."
The PVV said it would soon launch its own investigation to calculate the combined costs of mass immigration.
The party leader, who is highly critical of Islam and migrants, invited the Dutch electorate to assist the Freedom Party by providing information migration on a new website: www.watkostdemassaimmigratie.nl.
Wilders proposed to stop all
immigration to ensure retired Dutch nationals would retain their monthly state incomes in the coming years.
The government's budget plans, announced on Tuesday, indicated part of the burden of proposed
savings resulting from the
economic crisis would be carried cuts in care for the elderly.
