"I don't insult, I don't incite hate, I don't discriminate," he said outside the courtroom afterward. "The only thing I do, and will keep on doing, is speaking the truth."
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In her summation, prosecutor Birgit van Roessel said Wilders' statements were made as part of the public debate "about the immigration and integration of nonwestern foreigners, especially Muslims."
"Standpoints can vary considerably and emotions can run high, but ... it is a debate that it must be possible to have," she said.
In one example cited by prosecutors, Wilders wrote in a 2007 opinion piece: "I've had enough of Islam in the Netherlands; let not one more Muslim immigrate," and urged that the Qur'an be banned.
The prosecutors said that statement, like others, was within the legal bounds of public debate.