In Dutch public television he is described as “weeds.” The Dutch secret service condemns him as a terrorist. Yet Willem Engel repeatedly advocates peaceful and non-violent resistance to government measures, such as the imposition of the night-time curfew, which has led to one of the biggest riots in the country in 40 years. His arguments as a critic of the measures and co-founder of “Virus Truth””movement are so compelling that in February 2021 he was able to convince the Administrative Court in The Hague to declare the curfew imposed by the government unlawful.