In an open letter signed on Tuesday, the envoys demanded that the Dutch “distance themselves from this deplorable initiative,” which they described as “clearly discriminatory.”
The site, launched last week by the hard-line Dutch politician Geert Wilders’ Freedom Party, has urged citizens to report “central and east Europeans … for general nuisance, pollution and labor market displacement.”
Diplomats from Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia have signed the letter of condemnation.
The website “encourages negative perception of a particular group of EU citizens working in the Netherlands,” according to the letter.
Meanwhile, EU Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding and EU Digital Affairs Commissioner Neelie Kroes have slammed the website.
Wilders, who is also widely known for inciting hatred against Muslims and spreading Islamophobia, made headlines worldwide in March 2008, after making a controversial anti-Islam movie called Fitna. The 20-minute movie sought to desecrate the Holy Qur’an by trying to establish a link between Muslims’ holy book and terrorism.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon described Wilders’ movie as “offensively anti-Islamic.” The European Parliament also banned the screening of the film, saying it provoked hatred.
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