One of the main right-wing parties in the Netherlands has fallen apart. The people of the Pim Fortuyn List (LPF) have spread over several new parties. Also from the VVD are some right-wing MPs walked for new political initiatives. How should we interpret these new parties? Are they extreme right? If we only look at the manifestos… Read more
On Saturday 5 juni 2004 Hague was the scene of two demonstrations. Around Malieveld demonstrated such 70 neo-Nazis of the NCE and around the square turned around 300 protesters of Anti-Fascist Action (AFA) here against. NCE-march itself seemed at first sight to be a repeat of an earlier ritual. Below… Read more
Just three months after the installation of the government Balkenende 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… Read more
Begin april sloeg de paniek even toe bij de kringcoördinatoren van de Lijst Pim Fortuyn. Hun belangrijkste taak was het verzamelen van minimaal 30 steunhandtekeningen in elk van de 19 kieskringen. Zonder deze handtekeningen kon de partij niet mee doen aan de verkiezingen volgens de kieswet. Minimaal had de partij dus 570 (19 x 30)… Read more
Op 6 maart zijn er gemeenteraadsverkiezingen in meer dan 400 gemeentes in Nederland. Al eerder namen we hiervoor de kandidatenlijsten van extreem-rechtse partijen onder de loep. Het blijkt echter dat lieden uit extreem-rechtse partijen ook opduiken op de kandidatenlijsten van partijen die niet extreem-rechts zijn. Vooral de “Leefbare” partijen hebben aantrekkingskracht. There occurs a plurality… Read more
Vanaf 1 January 1999 Netherlands is another new extreme right initiative 'richer'. The Independent National Press Office (ONP) opens a home page with posts “for anyone who wants to follow developments in the nationalist movement in the Netherlands”. ONP sees itself as a “independently of motion, organization or party operating resource”. The independence with which it… Read more
How intolerant towards native Dutch immigrants? Almost
25 year assesses the Social and Cultural Planning Office (SCP) public opinion on
immigrants and publishes regularly about. In the late eighties, early
ninety we see a slight hardening of the climate of opinion, but according to the
SCP there are generally few changes. Just About 80% of the
population thinks that natives and immigrants should have equal treatment
have at distribution issues, such as housing and employment.
Just About 13% of the indigenous population rejects
immigrants. Just About 50% of the indigenous population is against immigration
opposed.
Regarding this last NIPO found in 1998 a different outcome:1 not
half, but three-quarters of the native Dutch against further
Immigration opposed. There is - according to the NIPO - a growing support for
immigration restrictions while confidence in integration and
adjustment of immigrants decreases. NIPO found this trend going on
Polls in the years 1993, 1995 en 1998.
Eind 1999 showed another NIPO survey, one third of the Dutch
opposes the granting of asylum to political or economic
vluchtelingen.2 thirds of the Dutch have supported policies
government for political refugees who fear for their own country
their lives to give asylum. About half of the respondents felt that
seekers give nuisance. Further thought about forty percent that asylum seekers
on average, are more criminal than Dutch.
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