Those in attendance included Lutz Bachmann, Siegfried Däbritz, and Tommy Robinson.

[2] Pegida Netherlands is a signatory to the "Prague Declaration" as part of the international Fortress Europe coalition in January 2016.

[3][4] On 20 February 2016 Edwin Wagensveld, leader of Pegida Netherlands, was arrested for provocative behavior during a demonstration in Ede.

The city said, "The use of swastikas will not be tolerated, even if they are included in a protest sign or other form of expression where the National Socialist ideology is rejected, or in any other manner of speech whatsoever".

[6] In 2023, Wagensweld was prosecuted for tearing apart a Quran during a protest, calling it a "fascist book".