Thierry Baudet seemed like Geert Wilder's beginning 2019 as the main interpreter of the radical right-wing sound in Dutch politics. A year and a half and a pandemic later, the roles are completely reversed. How is that possible? "Baudet wants to be adored. It's almost tragic. "
Forum for Democracy organized a party meeting at the American embassy in The Hague, hosted by Ambassador Pete Hoekstra. This is at odds with international treaties.
Treasurer, co-founder and board member of the Forum for Democracy (FVD) Henk Otten, does not care about the criticism he endured the past few days. The party would be undemocratic by various members.
The exodus to the Forum for Democracy seems to be no end. Susan Teunissen, number three on the list of candidates in the last elections for the House, quit her membership. She is angry about the lack of democracy.
The discontent within the Forum for Democracy does not lie. Also today is party leader Thierry Baudet under fire from its own members.
Roel Mooijekind was on behalf of the party on the candidate list (nummer 22) for the parliamentary elections. He worked for six months on the FVD-party office in Amsterdam. He was one of the members who worked on the building of the Party in the region, he told RTL News.
The party of Forum for Democracy is on a collision course with a group of members that advocates empowerment and democracy. The new unrest comes after the abrupt cancellation earlier this week of two FVD-leaders for 'subversive’ behavior.
It takes forever by a faltering TV, but the cheers eventually deafening. Forum for Democracy wins two seats in the exit poll. For the first time since 50PLUS enter a party from scratch parliament within.