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 | |
The Onafhankelijke Burger Partij (English: Independent Citizens' Party, OBP) is a political party in the Netherlands. It was founded by Hero Brinkman, a Member of the House of Representatives for the Party for Freedom (PVV). 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. He then founded the OBP and intended it to participate in the Dutch general election of 2012; however, on June 9, 2012, he announced that the OBP was to merge with the party Trots op Nederland to form a new party, the Democratic Political Turning Point (Dutch: Democratisch Politiek Keerpunt, DPK).[2][3] However, Trots op Nederland announced on November 17 that the merger of the OBP with the Trots would be reversed, because the Trots' management was unsatisfied with it.
References
- ↑ 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
- (in Dutch) Official site Democratic Political Turning Point
- (in Dutch) Official site Proud of the Netherlands
