Bergen op Zoom Party leader Ton Linssen (1952) his party list Linssen has often defends himself. He claims that his party is not racist or extreme right. As alderman works Linssen in Bergen op Zoom along with a broad coalition with VVD and PvdA. Are at the Table Linssen both renegade SP members like Wilders fans welcome,… Read more
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
In recent years we watched regularly representatives “new politics”, to investigate whether there was also of right-wing extremists who joined this. We watched Liveable Netherlands, LPF and various factions that tore from them. It is therefore interesting to see how it is now with. De… Read more
It must be said that Emile Ratelband has made an enormous achievement on his election participation. Within a few days he has been handed a well-stocked candidates in all circles. Here, more than 600 people involved in. The other small parties had much more trouble to get this job done and let all kinds… Read more
Johan Talsma from Dokkum gets out of Forum for Democracy. In Noordoost Fryslân, Talsma is representing the ELP (First Local Party) the board, maar sinds 2016 Talsma was nationally affiliated with Thierry Baudet. “At some point it will stop”, says Talsma. He no longer agrees with Baudet's ideas.
Only a good three months ago, Wouter Verbraak from Roosendaal was euphoric. As one of the organizers behind the Forum for Democracy campaign, he had just finished celebrating the equally large and unexpected seat win.. Now he has left the party and joins Wybren van Haga. “Thierry decided everything alone.”
The VVD and the CDA in North Brabant have canceled the collaboration with coalition partner Forum for Democracy and Groep Rutjens. Coalition partner Local Brabant also sees no point in a collaboration with FvD.
After the House of Representatives Van Haga, Smolders and Ephraim also turns their backs on party leader Arjan de Kok of Forum for Democracy in Gelderland. “It's a tough decision”, he says to Omroep Gelderland.
Thierry Baudet sees Forum for Democracy falling apart. Wybren of Haga, Olaf Ephraim and Hans Smolders (the numbers 2, 3 en 4 of the group) break with the party leader. The trio continues independently in the House of Representatives. It reports that Brabants Dagblad.
THE BOSCH – Hans Smolders leaves Brabant provincial politics. Earlier this morning, the 60-year-old Tilburger announced his departure from the national branch of Forum for Democracy. He will continue in the House of Representatives, as a member of parliament, Smolders stops completely.
Contrary to previous expectations, Forum for Democracy has grown rapidly. Who should occupy all seats in the House of Representatives??
In addition to Joost Eerdmans, the independent member of parliament Wybren van Haga, who was expelled from the VVD, and the Tilburg local politician Hans Smolders, are also high on the Forum for Democracy candidate list for the March elections.
FVD journal – With new, own communication channels, Baudet is increasingly focusing on a hard core, who is loyal and does not contradict him.
OISTERWIJK – Peter Smit's ambition to govern on behalf of the Forum for Democracy Brabant, in any case means the end of his alderman's office in Oisterwijk.
The choice of the VVD and the CDA in North Brabant to have coalition talks with the Forum for Democracy, is not received with cheers everywhere. But the enormous fragmentation in the Provincial States may still drive the parties in each other's arms.
TILBURG – During a sharp and emotional debate continued Councilor Hans Smolders and D66 alderman alderman Marcelle Hendrickx Monday diametrically opposed. Smolders was no support for motions of censure and mistrust.
Provincial Council elections. For the Provincial Council elections vist Forum for Democracy in many private pond.
The biggest party of Tilburg may not participate in the college. Party leader Hans Smolders is outraged. In other municipalities is now a cordon sanitaire around the largest party.
Their political adventure with the LPF was not successful, but Fortuynisten of yesteryear seem to have done very well in municipal elections. ,,We have learned our lesson.”
Local Party Group Moss, of former PVV MP Richard de Mos, the largest party in government Hague. According to Moss, the secret of his success is what he calls “Ombudsman politics”, listening to practical problems of people in their neighborhood and solve them.
Hans Smolders won in municipal elections in Tilburg ten seats with his list Smolders Tilburg (LST). It is a gain of five seats. This is the former driver of Pim Fortuyn, the big winner in the Brabant town.
"It's all simple ', says Hans Smolders, old driver of Pim Fortuyn, the huge victory of the List Smolders (LST) in Tilburg. "You just sit in the capillaries of the neighborhoods, and not only run three weeks before the election campaign. I have had over the last four years campaign.’
Hans Smolders of the fraction in Smolders Tilburg calls the morbid D66 in Tilburg no longer wants to work with him after the local elections. Democrats call in an interview with the Brabants Dagblad contradictions too big.
D66 is again not for a new coalition in Tilburg forces with Hans Smolders. Says party leader Berend de Vries in an interview with the Brabants Dagblad.