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A broad protest movement with both left and right members. In the Netherlands right-wing extremists participated actively in the protests, even in an organizing role. Yet it is not as if this Yellow Vests in the Netherlands would be right or extreme right.

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We are the Netherlands, extreme right-wing throw to the seat of the House of Representatives

In the parliamentary elections in March 2021 does the new party “We are the Netherlands” in a small number of constituencies. The game comes from the extreme right-wing movement in the Netherlands and presents itself as a representative of the protest movement against the corona measures. Various candidates and supporters have an extreme right-wing background. Op 21 juni 2020 irons one… Read more

Demonstrations

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2 Sea 2019
Door:
De Gele Hesjes
Place:
Leeuwarden
Participants:
Between 250 en 300 people
Extra:
Regular Yellow Vest demonstration, where with permission organizers activists Pegida and Outpost participate. This leads to discussions with other protesters.
Organizations:
24 Feb 2019
Door:
De Gele Hesjes
Place:
Hague
Participants:
Between 25 en 50 people
Extra:
Regular Yellow Vest demonstration in which a number of right-wing extremists participate, of Outpost, Antifa Stop Terror, Dutch Defence League.
Organizations:
2 Feb 2019
From:
De Gele Hesjes
Place:
Maastricht
Participants:
Between 700 en 800 people
Extra:
Demonstration of Yellow Vests in Maastricht, with participation of Yellow Hesjes groups from other countries (o.a. Belgium and Germany. Active Dutch right-wing extremists are also participating, among other things, Pegida, Nederlandse Volks-Unie, Identitair Resistance and Nijmegen Turn right.
29 Dec 2018
Door:
De Gele Hesjes
Place:
Hague
Participants:
Between 100 en 150 people
Extra:
Yellow Vests demonstration in The Hague. It is a grim protest. The protesters throwing fireworks, stones and patio furniture at police. There are also chipped smoke bombs. Police seizes hard and arrested eight protesters. There are right-wing extremists present Identitair Resistance, Antifa Stop Terror, Pegida, Posts and Black Peters Action Group.
8 Dec 2018
Door:
De Gele Hesjes
Place:
Hague
Participants:
Between 100 en 120 people
Extra:
Yellow Vests demonstration in The Hague. They want to Courtyard, police close it down. There is a large group of activists present Pegida, but also activists Outpost.
Organizations:
1 Dec 2018
Door:
Nijmegen Rechtsaf, De Gele Hesjes
Place:
Nijmegen
Participants:
Between 40 en 45 people
Extra:
Protest Yellow Vests organized by Turn right Nijmegen in Nijmegen. The demonstration was a protest against the Burqa and Marrakesh Pact.
1 Dec 2018
Door:
De Gele Hesjes
Place:
Hague
Participants:
200 people
Extra:
Yellow Vests demonstration in The Hague on the Square. Demonstrators go up into the pulling Courtyard. Police driving them away with horses. There are delegations of the Black Petes Action Group, Posts and activists Pegida.

In de media

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Fascist logo fully shared in Facebook groups proponents Zwarte Piet

'Radical- and the extreme right playing for years on sentiment of angry citizens'.

A logo of the fascist organization Black Front is fully shared in Facebook groups of Zwarte Piet supporters. In these groups is fear of loss of identity and culture. Right-wing extremist groups then lifts it, According to research by Pointer. Proponents of Zwarte Piet share the image without always knowing what their origin.

Former frontman yellow vests allow children Nijmegen construction village political slogan painting

NIJMEGEN – ‘Defend Europe’, The slogan of the extreme-right group Identitair Resistance, adorned this week at a cabin in construction village Waterkwartier. An action of Danny Cornelissen, known as frontman of the yellow vests in Nijmegen. According to him, the slogan was a protest against the European flag hanging on the premises. His action was successful, the flag is gone.

What are the motives of radical- and right-wing activists?

For the first time in 20 years has done extensive research into the motives of radical- and right-wing activists. By Nikki Sterkenburg, and will talk about it. Who are the people who express that thought and why they are running? Speech Maker Marco Zannoni, Director of Institute for Safety- Crisis and advises governments how they should deal with it.

Publications

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Monitor the extreme right in the Netherlands 2020

Jaar:
2022
Taal:Aantal blz:
23
Soort Uitgave:
Beschrijving:

In this monitor report right-wing extremism, attention is paid to the development of the extreme right-wing field in the Netherlands in 2020. This is done in a longitudinal context, whereby we always place the research period within the framework of a longer development. We first pay attention to the definition and demarcation of the term extreme right. We then provide insight into the manifestations and manifestations of the extreme right. Finally, we will discuss various forms of (government)response to the phenomenon.
Open sources have been used for the compilation of this overview, to a large extent primary sources: Publications, websites and other digital media channels of extreme right-wing organizations and their supporters, conversations with (voormalige) right-wing extremists and observations of public activities (demonstraties) of these organizations. The collected data was further analyzed and framed using existing literature on right-wing extremism in the Netherlands and compared and interpreted with insights from other observers of the extreme right field..