The Onafhankelijke Burger Partij (English: Independent Citizens' Party, OBP) was a political party in the Netherlands. It was founded by Hero Brinkman. Brinkman was elected as Member of the House of Representatives for the Party for Freedom (PVV) in 2006 and 2010. In 2012, Brinkman left the PVV after repeatedly criticising the lack of democracy within that party, as well as its negative generalisations about certain groups in society. After leaving PVV he retained his seat and founded the OBP with intention to participate in the Dutch general election of 2012. On June 9, 2012, he announced that the OBP would merge with the party Trots op Nederland to form a new party, the Democratic Political Turning Point (Dutch: Democratisch Politiek Keerpunt, DPK).[2][3] The merger did not occur, after Trots op Nederland announced on November 17 as their management was unsatisfied with the conditions.
Onafhankelijke Burger Partij Onafhankelijke Burger Partij | |
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| Founder | Hero Brinkman |
| Founded | April 24, 2012 November 17th, 2012 |
| Dissolved | June 19, 2012 (re-founded on November 17th) |
| Split from | Party for Freedom |
| Merged into | Democratic Political Turning Point (dissolved on November 17th) |
| Ideology | Conservative liberalism Soft Euroscepticism Anti-Islam Populism[1] |
| Political position | Right-wing |
| Colours | Orange |
| Website | |
| onafhankelijkeburgerpartij.nl | |
References
edit- ^ Andeweg, R. and G. Irwin Politics and Governance in the Netherlands, Basingstoke (Palgrave) p.49
- ^ (in English) Hero Brinkman quits the PVV, opposition call for new elections, DutchNews.nl, March 20, 2012
- ^ (in English) New DPKP party marks a 'turning point', will fill gap on the right Archived 2012-06-22 at the Wayback Machine, DutchNews.nl, June 19, 2012
External links
edit- (in Dutch) Official site Democratic Political Turning Point
- (in Dutch) Official site Proud of the Netherlands