Just three months after the installation of the Balkenende government is the
chaos within the second ruling party, The LPF, incalculable more. All kinds of different arguments and conflicts plaguing the party. One of the conflicts takes place within the Kamerfractie: The chairman Wijnschenk with his faithful can no longer through one door with Winny de Jong and Cor Eberhard. A fraction employee of De Jong criticizes the actions of Wine Pour during the general debate and then fired. De Jong takes her employee group itself and the quarrel is a fact. When Wine Pour the remaining group members submits the choice they have to choose between him and his two opponents, The Young and Eberhard are plotted the fraction. They go by 1 October further as “Group the Young” and then focus on the Conservatieven.nl.
Initially, the party seems to be an LPF clone and it is not excluded that Eberhard and De Jong after the departure of Wine Pour weather would arrive at the LPF fraction. That idea changes as De Jong, after the fall of the government, announces that she will participate in the parliamentary elections and the Rotterdam councilor Michiel Smit number two on the list. Given the political ideas of Smith, this means a serious shift to the right. Smits political ideas, namely to focus on two themes. Firstly, the immigrants, they would have been the cause of almost all the problems in the Netherlands. An important part of the solution of these problems is, therefore, to close the throw-in the borders and foreigners to operate as much as possible out of the land. In addition, his second point, the cooperation between right-wing parties and extreme right-wing parties. Smit here sees a win-win situation: of “gewone” wing parties, arising from the Fortuynism, benefit from a strong right-wing party, because their ideas happen than moderate. In addition, the extreme right will benefit from their ideas legitimized by a Fortuynist party which has similar ideas in more moderate form.
For the purpose of the election participation is early November a party composed where the hand of Michael Smit is recognizable. This program includes eleven points. Is provided at each point what the problem is and what the solution looks like Conservatieven.nl. We can be brief about his: the problem are the foreigners and the solution is an immigration stop and throw out as many foreigners in the program.
With the annexation of Smit and program placed the Conservatieven.nl publicly to the right of the LPF, bringing it to the extreme right twilight zone right. Not only anti-fascist groups this development with sorrow respect, but this also leads to concerns within the party appears as the fraction employees of both De Jong Eberhard (including one of the founders of the Conservatieven.nl) distance themselves from these ideas. Cor Eberhard ceases operations at this time: “Winny has a whim decided to set up a new party. But you can not just do.” He doubts whether the party in all constituencies participating in the elections. ,,You should have in each constituency thirty signatures. I suggested to keep a tourneetje along the constituencies to promote the party and to collect the required signatures. Great idea, Do you do that but, the reaction was complete.” Eberhard still gonna be on the candidate list and plays in the background a small role.
With the disappearance of these moderate forces becomes a monotonous story with Conservatieven.nl: immigrants, Foreigners, Moroccans, seekers get all the attention and thus the end of it. The tone in which that happens is typical, for example around the government campaign “How cute are Moroccans”: “This looks like government indoctrination to communist model. The truth, as only the rulers who see, proclaim to the people. At the stations in major cities can and should the government begin to actually improve the image against Moroccans. The reality is that many thousands of travelers on the same stations are confronted with their truth: they should zig-zagging between the Moroccan drug runners on.”
In December, the party is strongly moderated. Broadly, the program at this time is hardly distinguishable from the programs of VVD and LPF on the essential points (immigrations, integration and security). Given the further elaboration of the leaders of the Conservatieven.nl and the earlier version of the party program is justified suspicion that carried a front-stage backstage politics here is: publicly put down a more moderate image of yourself than the ideas you inaugurates in reality.
Signatures
That Michiel Smit also his followers and fans behind the Conservatieven.nl were going to walk is predictable. Moreover, if the competitive NNP late November decision to refrain from participation in the election, it is not difficult for a number of right-wing extremists to come to a choice: one focuses on the Conservatieven.nl.
That is evident in the collection of supporting signatures for the party. Given the above displayed conversation between Winny de Jong and Cor Eberhard has all the appearance of that Winny de Jong this underestimating. In seven constituencies that the lack of support so many problems that the Conservatieven.nl can not do with it. This is going to the provinces of Groningen, Friesland, Flevoland and Zeeland, as well as the districts of Nijmegen, Den Helder and The Hague. This reduces the chance of obtaining a seat considerably shrunken (There is a theory that Janmaat his seat in room 1998 lost because they had not submitted the list in the circle Nijmegen). When Conservatieven.nl see the approaching deadline several emergency measures are applied to achieve the required amount of signatures. Winny de Jong and Michiel Smit travel personally to a number of places to recruit people on the street to put a signature. In addition, the party appeals to sympathetic organizations and structures.
Among the nearly 400 signatories diving there are some people with extreme right-wing background on. In defense of the party leadership bears that they can not control who all have a signature move for them. This is partly true of course, but against this, it is true that the signatures are put to support the party. It therefore involves sympathizers of the party. In comparison with the AVD, the other LPF demerger, support significantly more right-wing extremists the Conservatieven.nl. Given the first election (see above) this is not surprising. The defense that the party leadership has no influence on whom a signature is all set, undermined by one self-help has asked Wim Vreeswijk.
Vreeswijk is a well-known representative of the extreme right and has long been councilor respectively, of Centrumpartij, CD and Dutch Block. He has a local radio stated in Utrecht that he has been approached by the Conservatieven.nl to enable people from his supporters for the support signatures. He complied with this request and given a list of addresses to the Conservatieven.nl.
There is also support from the far-right internet community. The two major forums Stormfront and Polinco had for some time to see a growing sympathy for the Conservatieven.nl. Especially after dropping out of the NNP Conservatieven.nl was presented frequently as the only real alternative. In the week before the deadline was therefore called upon to support the Conservatieven.nl with a signature. This call was heeded.
Which way the Conservatieven.nl has now received exactly how much support? An overview of the trends and structures found by following us.
Wim Vreeswijk
At the request of the Conservatieven.nl Wim Vreeswijk a list of addresses of potential supporters passed. It is difficult to determine which people are recruited through this route, because we do not know who were on that list. Two former Dutch blockers from Utrecht is a connection with Vreeswijk obvious. Vreeswijk was indeed in the period 1994 to disintegrate in 2000 the great man of Dutch Block. This is Mr. Norbert Keijzers (1951) J. Bronk (1934). They were both in the period 1998-2000 along with Vreeswijk three times candidate for Dutch Block in various elections. Bronk addition was in 1994 although candidate for the Centre Democrats (CD) Utrecht.
Marcel Rueter
Very interesting is also the support of Marcel Rüter (1963) from Hilversum and his girlfriend Evelien van den Hoek (1961). Possibly this support also recruited by Vreeswijk, Both men were actively involved in the creation of Dutch Block. However, they were then quickly fight and have gone their separate ways. Rüter is certainly 18 years in the far-right field. He was in the nineties the house ideologist of the CP'86 and to date is the president of Outpost Netherlands. Rüter is a regular speaker at extremely- right meetings in Belgium. He speaks in June 2002 yet the visitors' Radical Trace Commemoration’ of Outpost at Antwerp. He has a relationship with Van den Hoek since four years, who also himself "extremely right’ find.
Nieuwe Nationale Partij (NNP)
It is also clear that the Conservatieven.nl enjoy support within the NNP. By several prominent NNP supporters are namely put signatures. Ben van der Kooi (1974) there is a, and not the least. The last year and a half, Van der Kooi is very active in the extreme right circuit and particularly within the NNP. He also visits the European Camaraderie Evenings Outpost on Yzerbedevaart in Flanders. He is, volgens eigen zeggen, member of Stormfront Netherlands, the Vlaams Blok and the LPF. If from LPF member group “Army against Left” in september 2002 the Bijlmerbajes against Volkert van der G. Protests Ben van der Kooi present with a banner “Red must Death”.
Cor Schorel (1941) Beverwijk is running in the background at the NNP. He was a councilor of the Centre Democrats (CD) in the period 1994-1998. Hereafter Schorel interferes indirectly with the NNP and visit their meetings. He's definitely from 1992 active in far-right corner, especially with the CD for which he was a candidate and regional board member several times. In 1999 he is an employee of a Frisian NNP-sheet and he makes cards for the Frisian circle led by the NNP. Schorel denies being repeatedly member of this party. He would not want to join due to personal problems he has with the NNP summit. Probably Conny Schorel (1966) Heemskerk a relative of his. She subscribes 1999 the election list of the CD for the regional elections in North Holland and now also for the Conservatieven.nl.
From the same CD-circle like Cor Schorel comes the prominent NNP'er Peter van Egmond (1950) Velsen-Noord. He's definitely from 1994 tot 1999 actief bij de CD, both in elections and in the function of local board. Piquant is that he is also a member of the more radical rival of the CD, of CP'86. He is certainly there in mid 1993 tot 1995 member. In 1996 Van Egmond Yzerbedevaart the visit in Belgium. This is a memorial where, besides many Flemish nationalists, Neo-Nazis from various countries come off. Here Van Egmond explains to a journalist: "The Jews use the media to keep the whole Dutch people stupid and to destroy, so that they can continue to pull the strings'. That same year, Van Egmond is signaled with the CD-shooting club “Smooth” Amsterdam North. After the collapse of the CD and CP'86 he joined the NNP. He attends their meetings and the regional treasurer. In maart 2002 Peter van Egmond state candidate in municipal elections in Amsterdam for the NNP. After the murder of Pim Fortuyn, he had already been interference with the Fortuynism; if on 10 May, a silent march was held in Amsterdam, he walks with a large delegation with NNP, complete with flags and a banner with the text “Stop extreme left / Green Left”. This incidentally, to the displeasure of the organization of the trip. Afterwards Van Egmond leaves with some sympathizers to Amsterdam-Noord, where he once again the extreme right shooting club “Smooth” visits. In augustus 2002 Velsen North is present again at the Yzerbedevaart Diksmuide. Here he has relations with kindred spirits on the “European Camaraderie Evening” of Outpost. Here was Ben van der Kooi who present, as mentioned above, just as Peter van Egmond now for Conservatieven.nl draws.
Natasha also Kuyten-Tijssen (1974) is an active NNP'ster. Haar partner is de skinhead Albert Kuyten (1970) and the couple lives in Haarlem.
Albert Kuyten is from 1993 active in the CP'86 respectively, CD in NNP, but only Natasha now draws for Conservatieven.nl. They were also present together in the NNP delegation at the silent Pim Fortuyn 10 May in Amsterdam. And the couple was also on the European Camaraderie Evening Outpost in August where she Ben van der Kooi and Peter van Egmond be bumped. And to establish more linkages: Natasha also Kuijten-Tijssen was in March 2002 candidate for the NNP in Amsterdam, visit NNP meetings and also it has a CD background; in 1998 she put a supporting signature in Haarlem for the municipal. And a link to other people in this Article; Kuijten-Tijssen has also been a long time engaged in discussions on Stormfront. In her profile she says about herself “I stand for what is white!”. She also writes pieces about her son three years that will not interfere with foreigners, about NNP meetings, the graffiti of the former camp Westerbork, about hakenkruisplaatjes find them pretty, about the funeral of Janmaat and passes it to Anti-Discrimination Bureau's. She advertises itself on Stormfront as skinhead girl and says happily to a concert of a far-right band wanting. She herself has fascist CD “Welcome to Sassem-1” possession with numbers on it as “Eigen Volk Eerst” en “Proud Skinhead”.
Internet
One of the more popular web forums where right-wing extremists argue with each other is Polinco, a contraction of “Politiek Incorrect”. The Conservatieven.nl also be the subject of discussions and some Poli Conen are very enthusiastic about the new party and especially about Michiel Smit in whom they see a kindred spirit. Smit was in fact himself some time participant in the discussions on Polinco, until it was banned by Liveable Rotterdam. A few Poli Conen Conservatieven.nl now also supports effectively with the election participation.
The first is Onno Loenen from Zeist. He is like “OTJE” actively Polinco. Participants are devising a pseudonym so that they can discuss reasonable anonymously. Loenen wants “forced repatriation of Islamic elements” from Netherlands, because he is afraid of a world domination by Muslims. Loenen last summer working in a dissident group within the LPF circuit Utrecht and goes on the rampage against Polinco lot “left cockroaches people”.
Another Polincoon that signature move now Rob Juurlink (1978) from Nijverdal. He dropped in May 2002 his signature even though, but then for the LPF. Internet calls Juurlink Ssnake himself and he makes in 2001 a mosque database in cooperation with Polinco. Juurlink claims that this list of addresses of mosques is not intended to incite violence. Yet he advertises his database Polinco and is pleased with the attention that his initiative on Stormfront. Hij noemt de islam het grootste gevaar voor de Nederlandse samenleving. Wat de rechts-extremisten dan wél zouden moeten doen met het adres van de moskee in hun buurt houdt Juurlink in het midden.
Another Storm Fronter calls the mosque database 'yellow pages for nationalistic arsonists'. On Polinco Juurlink says that attacks on Muslim buildings and mosques and Muslims him “secretly feel good” to give. If publicity Juurlink and its database is created, he keeps that last posting away quickly. He also set up a website called “Research Foundation extreme Currents” showing articles about anti-fascists, leftist organizations and leftist MPs.
Another right-wing Internet activist Nick Aldenkamp (1982) Hengelo. Als “Nixtheman” He is also active in Polinco and Stormfront. Polinco looking at it in September 2002 to the book Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler. He is happy that he has an online version found through Stormfront. In November, he, in turn, some other people on Stormfront pleased with this book. He places a text of Mein Kampf to the forum, so that anyone can download. Also Aldenkamp is positive about the NNP taking part in interim elections in Zwijndrecht. He has an e-mail correspondence with Alex Neid, the president of the youth organization of the NNP. Aldenkamp annoyed by the lack of communication between the board and the potential supporters of the NNP. However, this party does not participate in the House Election, So he now supports the Conservatieven.nl with his signature.
Through Polinco we come Bram van Tongeren (1950) those in the circle Haarlem coordinates the election participation and thus draws itself. He discusses occasionally along on Polinco. Van Tongeren is een vreemde eend in de bijt. In 1998 werd hij als SP’er in de Haarlemse gemeenteraad gekozen, maar keerde de partij vrijwel direct de rug toe omdat het communisten zouden zijn. Hij doopt zijn eenmansfractie vervolgens Realisten 2000 en sluit zich later ook aan bij Leefbaar Nederland. Als de doorgewinterde rechts-extremist ir. P.M. Vrijlandt zich in september 2001 with a lawsuit against his expulsion by Liveable Netherlands resistance, staat Bram van Tongeren hem bij. It is quite strange when Pim Fortuyn party leader of Liveable Netherlands is. Van Tongeren Fortuyn takes too extreme and notes Liveable Netherlands has become a nasty right club and return the party backs. A strange career move he has a short time later when he is the circle coordinator for the List Pim Fortuyn in Haarlem. After the death of Fortuyn he declares to be a fan, but not to stand behind Fortuyn's ideas. What he now then when “ware Fortuynisten” Winny de Jong needs is not clear.
Liveable Rotterdam and Amsterdam
In the districts of Amsterdam and Rotterdam will the new party key support from the two livability parties that sit in the councils. Livable Livable Rotterdam and Amsterdam are classified as right-wing parties. But from Liveable Rotterdam is also another especially the right wing that extends a helping hand.
The main exponent of this is of course Michiel Smit (1976), candidate number two after Winny de Jong. In its wake follows Joop van Heijgen (1954) fifth. He is also considered to the right wing of Liveable Rotterdam. On the web forum of the party as he pulls “Spartan” regular battle against everything left. In an interview with the NRC Heijgen From thinks there “urgently curb made” has to “be the foreigner”. He explains further that he has already moved four times for the “advancing foreigners” he holds responsible for the disappearance of the “small middle class, the degradation, nuisance, brawls and riots”.
No candidate, but handtekeningzetter for Conservatieven.nl Sjef Siemon (1947). He is also a councilor for Liveable Rotterdam and sow as chairman of the committee art matters necessary unrest in the Rotterdam art world. Siemon is also counted among the right wing of Liveable Rotterdam. After the position of Michiel Smit within Liveable Rotterdam was under fire because of his extreme right contacts, Siemon said that he would have resigned along with Smit. Siemon sees few problems in the plan of Smit to make contact with Filip Vlaams Blok Winter.
Yet it is not only the right-wing exponents of Liveable Rotterdam involved in the Conservatieven.nl. Johan Soijer (1949) both candidate number eight for the Conservatives as councilor of Liveable Rotterdam. He is not so pleased with the right attitudes of Smit and has nothing against foreigners.
Harry Maronier (1939) would in June 2002 Michiel Smit go to the Vlaams Blok visit. However, the Liveable Rotterdam fraction whistled them back. Yet Maronier is not so happy with the right sounds within Liveable Rotterdam. The NRC says he: “Our problem, that the party members who also sit on the Centre Democrats”. He now also puts a signature for the Conservatieven.nl. That is especially strange as it appears that Maronier also an MP candidate number 21 for the LPF is. It is very unusual to be active during the elections at two different parties.
Amsterdam
The Conservatieven.nl get in the district of Amsterdam support of at least twelve people Livable Amsterdam. Below is also the councilor Henk h.g. Baker (1969), not to be confused with his father Henk Bakker (1940), the flamboyant marketman. Together they make up in March 2002 the municipal councilors of Livable Amsterdam. Begin jaren negentig werd er een kaartenactie onder het motto “Ik ben woedend” gehouden naar aanleiding van het geweld tegen buitenlanders in Duitsland. In response, spread pa Henk Bakker cards with “Ik ben ook woedend” waarin hij stelt dat “winkeliers en onschuldige burgers worden beroofd, verkracht of overhoop gestoken door criminele illegalen en criminele asylzoekers, alleen maar omdat de Nederlanders te tolerant zijn”. Hij wordt in 1995 hiervoor veroordeeld wegens discriminatie. Dad and son are in 1999 opgepakt nadat zij bij een deelraadsbijeenkomst met een stoel en eieren gegooid hebben. Also stores pa Bakker later an alderman on the ground that it was not acceptable. Livable Amsterdam is beginning 2002 campaign features verkiezingsleuze “Nederland is Tjok-vol”. They will owe however their two seats especially have their say “Leefbaar” in de partijnaam, that happens to be used by the new popular trend. In september 2002 make mom and son Bakker a strange trip to Schiphol. Together with far-right language activists from Flanders and the Netherlands they perform action against the use of the English language at the airport. It all has to find the Dutch activists. This action is drawn by the far-right activist group Taalverdediging and supported by the Language Action Committee from Flanders, even though an extreme right club fighters language. Mom and son Bakker have also been active for the LPF lately. They are for example with an elephant in front of the party congress in Utrecht early December.
Other people
Elise Hobbelink (1972) was in the middle of the nineties active in the Party for Environment and Law (PMR). This was a right-wing party environment later with the far-right party Realists Netherlands merged into Green Right. Hobbelink year was a board member and was in 1994 candidate for the parliamentary elections for the PMR. She put her signature to Conservatieven.nl in Rotterdam.Jürgen Werner (1966) Heerlen put a signature in the electoral district of Limburg for Conservatieven.nl. Werner gets in summer 2002 national publicity when he tattooed in honor of Pim Fortuyn a small noose tie on his chest. Werner “Skinny” nickname and that's not because he's so skinny. On his website he shows his love for music among other skinhead. So he sets include a text link “Section 5” from Great Britain. This band is active in the far-right music scene and also has contacts in the Netherlands and België.Op another part of his website Werner has a virtual party he founded “United Neutral Realists (VNR)” baptized and who 6 May 2003 should be officially established. The VNR wants a stricter asylum policy, no death penalty, but but for Volkert van der G. and Marc Dutroux and the abolition of affirmative action. Yet Werner gets his VNR no extreme right program down, For example, he is fairly nuanced about integration, Israel and Muslims. As an explanation says Werner: “Some of my statements will lead to people getting up again saying, there you have again a racist party, I will however tell you, I have a right past and I can assure you that extremism leads nowhere, let this be clear, I want to start any racist party, have a party there for the citizens, and not for the criminal (with or without white board)”. With that “right past” en “extremism that leads nowhere” Werner may indicate activities in the late eighties. Then there was one Jurgen Werner from Heerlen active in far-right corner. He is from Germany, is skinhead and is covered with tattoos, include a Celtic cross, a swastika and SS insignia. He visited the Yzerbedevaart in Diksmuide and is in 1990 convicted in Belgium for violation of the Arms Act and forming a paramilitary organization. In december 1989 Werner was in fact arrested with a group of neo-Nazis in a fortress in Aubin, Neufchateau held a training camp. They had hung flags of fascist organizations and various weapons on them, including two firearms. Probably this is the same person. Finally, we must supporter Eddy Beem (1956) call from The Hague. The list in The Hague is indeed rejected by a lack of signatures, nevertheless signs here are some sympathizers for Conservatieven.nl. Eddy Beem lives in 1987 Almere and then there is a candidate for the CP'86 in provincial elections. In 1995 He now lives in The Hague and adorns his name still on the list of the CP'86.
The Conservatieven.nl therefore have a certain appeal to right-wing extremists and are also actively contact such as Wim Vreeswijk. Also like Michiel Smit, the second man on the list, contact with the Vlaams Blok and he had contacts with the NNP. Internet Smit did far-right statements. The question is whether Winny de Jong realizes what side her party to push up. By criticism she is furious and she speaks of demonization and a smear campaign. Meanwhile, the life chances are that more and more extremists are attracted by the image of the party, and that moderate forces have seen enough. If that happens, it will not be long before her party with good support predicate “extreem-rechts” will be able to carry. And the question is whether Winny de Jong itself is at such a party or at the right place.
