VoorNederland

VoorNederland (translated: For Netherlands) was a Dutch political party. It was active in the House of Representatives of the Netherlands as the Group Bontes/Van Klaveren (Dutch: Groep Bontes/Van Klaveren), a parliamentary group that was formed on 15 April 2014 by Louis Bontes and Joram van Klaveren, two Members of the House that had left the Party for Freedom (PVV), the party they were originally elected to represent.[5][6] On 28 May 2014 Louis Bontes, Joram van Klaveren and Johan Driessen announced the formation of a new political party.

VoorNederland
For Netherlands

Group Bontes/Van Klaveren
AbbreviationVNL
LeaderJan Roos[1]
ChairmanLaurence Stassen
SecretaryJoram van Klaveren
TreasurerJohan Driessen
Leader in the House of RepresentativesLouis Bontes
FounderLouis Bontes
Joram van Klaveren
Johan Driessen
Founded28 May 2014
Dissolved20 March 2017
Split fromParty for Freedom
HeadquartersHet Plein 2
The Hague
IdeologyClassical liberalism[2]
Liberal conservatism[3]
Euroscepticism[2]
Right-wing populism[4]
Political positionRight-wing[3]
European affiliationAlliance for Direct Democracy in Europe
ColoursBlue
Website
vnl.nu

After failing to garner any seats in the 2017 general elections and with no further financial means, members voted to dissolve the party on 18 June of that year.

History

On May 28, 2014, the group officially founded a new political party, VoorNederland (VNL) (in English For the Netherlands or Pro-Netherlands), a classical liberal and liberal conservative[2] and eurosceptic political party.[3]

On 13 November 2014, the party announced that it would cooperate with the UK Independence Party in the Alliance for Direct Democracy in Europe.[7][8]

In December 2014 and January 2015, VNL was joined by former PVV leader in the European Parliament Laurence Stassen[9] and, leading up to the 2015 provincial elections, two provincial PVV representatives from Groningen and Gelderland.[10] On 27 January 2015 it was announced that the members of the party Article 50 had voted to merge it into VoorNederland.[11]

On 21 April 2015 it was announced that jurist and former lawyer Bram Moszkowicz would become the party leader and lijsttrekker of VoorNederland at the next Dutch general election, planned for 2017,[12] but after nine months he was rejected by the party.[13]

In the 2017 Dutch general election, VoorNederland failed to win a single seat, securing just 0.4% of the vote.[14]

On 18 June 2017 the party was dissolved by its members congress.[15]

Programme

VNL was a proponent of small government and proposed the introduction of a low flat tax rate. Furthermore, it supported investment in the police and defence, and it wanted to limit the powers of the European Union to a free trade area, and a stricter immigration policy.[2]

See also
  • Category:VoorNederland politicians

References
  1. http://www.nltimes.nl/2016/08/30/reporter-jan-roos-lead-political-party-vnl/
  2. "Beginselverklaring". Voor Nederland (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 27 August 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
  3. "Een nieuwe partij op rechts: VNL". Voor Nederland (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
  4. "Warum die Niederländer an einem Mittwoch wählen". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  5. Ex-PVV'ers Bontes en Van Klaveren bundelen krachten in Tweede Kamer, parlement.com, 14 April 2014
  6. "Bontes en Van Klaveren vormen nieuwe Kamerfractie". Telegraaf.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 26 August 2014.
  7. "Bontes/Van Klaveren gaat samenwerken met UKIP". EenVandaag Politiek (in Dutch). Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  8. "UKIP's Euro-Party decision". Politics at Surrey. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  9. "Stassen terug in politiek". PowNed (in Dutch). 29 December 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  10. "PVV raakt opnieuw Statenlid kwijt". NOS (in Dutch). 7 January 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  11. Paternotte, Bas (27 January 2015). "Artikel 50 gaat op in VNL van Bontes/Van Klaveren". ThePostOnline (in Dutch). Retrieved 28 January 2015.
  12. "Moszkowicz voelt zich klaar voor de politiek" NOS.nl, 21 April 2015
  13. "VNL zet Moszkowicz uit partij" Telegraaf.nl. 13 January 2016
  14. "Kerngegevens Tweede Kamerverkiezing 2017". Kiesraad (in Dutch). Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  15. http://nos.nl/artikel/2178740-geen-geld-geen-zetel-geen-leider-vnl-heft-zich-op.html
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