Wilders Withdraws Some Controversial Bills to Sway Potential Coalition Partners

Far-right Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders has pulled the plug on some of his more controversial proposals as he works to persuade parties further to the center into coalition.

Wilders withdrew three bills that he had proposed in an individual capacity in the past, including one that had sought to ban the Koran. Proposals for an administrative detention law, curbs on the right to vote, and a ban on multiple nationality for certain candidates for office were also retracted, according to a letter Wilders sent to the parliamentary speaker on Monday.