Party for Freedom
The Party for Freedom, Dutch: Partij voor de Vrijheid (shortened PVV), is a right-wing to far-right[1][2][3] political party in the Netherlands.
The party's leader, founder and only member is Geert Wilders.
The party was founded on 22 February 2006. In the 2006 Dutch general election, PVV won 6 seats in the House of Representatives with 579,490 votes. In the 2010 elections, PVV won 24 seats with 1,435,349 votes. In the 2012 elections, PVV won 15 seats with 950,263 votes. In the 2017 elections, the PVV won 20 seats (+5) with 1,372,941 votes. In the 2021 elections they won 17 seats (-3), and in the 2023 elections they have won 37 seats (+20).
PVV is Eurosceptic, meaning they are against the European Union.[4] They are also openly very critical of Islam.[5][6] Economically, the party supports economic liberalism and wants to lower taxes. It is also a right-wing populist party.[7][8][9]
The PVV gained a great amount of popularity in 2017, coming second in the election.[10][11]
Party For Freedom Media
Geert Wilders (left) with other politicians at the final television debate before the 2006 Dutch general election
Geert Wilders, zelf genomen foto
Maxime Verhagen (left) and Mark Rutte (center) are presenting the coalition agreement with support of the PVV of Geert Wilders (right) in 2010
Distribution of the people that voted for the Party for Freedom in 2010
Geert Wilders speaking at a Lega Nord event in 2013
Geert Wilders during the campaign for the 2017 general election
On André Krouwel's map of the Dutch political spectrum in 2012, the Party for Freedom is conservative on the socio-cultural axis, and centrist on the socio-economic axis.
Municipalities (dark blue) won by the party as of 2021 general election.
Municipalities (dark blue) won by the party as of 2023 general election.
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References
- ↑ "Partij voor de Vrijheid (PVV) — Europe Politique". europe-politique.eu. Archived from the original on 9 September 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
- ↑ https://www.rug.nl/research/portal/files/20875483/JB07LucardieDEF_1_.pdf Archived 11 April 2019 at the Wayback Machine[bare URL PDF]
- ↑
- verslaggevers, Van onze (10 December 2008). "PVV is extreem-rechts". Trouw. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
- Kleinpaste, Thijs (28 March 2019). "The New Face of the Dutch Far-Right". Archived from the original on 9 July 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
- "Geert Wilders, 'Dutch Donald Trump', Takes Second Place In Closely Watched Election". NPR.org. Archived from the original on 11 July 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
- Meeus, Tom-Jan (22 October 2018). "Mark Rutte's leaden touch". POLITICO. Archived from the original on 28 July 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
- Daugherty, Owen (6 February 2019). "Far-right former Dutch lawmaker who said the Quran is 'poison' converts to Islam". TheHill. Archived from the original on 12 April 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
- ↑ "CAPTAIN PEROXIDE Who is Geert Wilders? Dutch politician and Party of Freedom leader". thesun.co.uk. 31 October 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
- ↑ "The Netherlands' most popular party wants to ban all mosques". independent.co.uk. 28 August 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
- ↑ "Dutch party wants to outlaw mosques, Islamic schools, Koran". Politico. 26 August 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
- ↑ Pauwels, Teun (2014). Populism in Western Europe: Comparing Belgium, Germany and The Netherlands. Routledge. pp. 117–118. ISBN 9781317653912. Archived from the original on 23 November 2023. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
- ↑ Merijn Oudenampsen (2013). "[Party for Freedom at Google Books Explaining the Swing to the Right: The Dutch Debate on the Rise of Right-Wing Populism]". In Ruth Wodak, Majid KhosraviNik, Brigitte Mral. Right-Wing Populism in Europe: Politics and Discourse. A&C Black. p. 191.
- ↑ Nordsieck, Wolfram (2021). "Netherlands". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 2 April 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
- ↑ "Dutch far-right Party for Freedom tops polls as Europe's 'populists' gain momentum". Russia Today. 29 November 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
- ↑ "PVV stijgt door; GroenLinks grootste op links". ioresearch.
Other websites
- Website of the Party for Freedom
- Expatica – 'Turkey in the EU? Never! Archived 2011-06-29 at the Wayback Machine
- Expatica – Moroccans want Wilders prosecuted Archived 2011-06-29 at the Wayback Machine