Analysis
In a March 2018 address to the Tweede Kamer, Geert Wilders warned that the Netherlands was facing an “invasion” of immigrants and that Dutch culture was under threat. Media reports and parliamentary transcripts capture the substance of his remarks, though the precise phrasing “We are being invaded. The Dutch people are being replaced. Our culture is being destroyed. This must stop, and it can stop.” is not a word‑for‑word quote. Therefore the statement conveys the gist accurately but is not a literal transcription.
Background
Wilders, leader of the Party for Freedom (PVV), frequently frames immigration as an existential threat to Dutch identity. In 2018 he raised this theme during a parliamentary debate on immigration policy, prompting criticism from fellow lawmakers and human‑rights groups. His rhetoric is part of a broader European populist discourse on “cultural replacement.”
Verdict summary
Wilders made a speech warning of an “invasion” and cultural replacement, but the exact wording quoted is a paraphrase rather than a verbatim transcript.