VoorNederland
{{Infobox political party
| country = the Netherlands
| name = VoorNederland
For Netherlands
| native_name = Group Bontes/Van Klaveren
| logo = VNL-logo-text-only.png
| logo_size = 200px
| colorcode = #0079be
| abbreviation = VNL
| leader = Jan Roos{{Cite web|url=http://www.nltimes.nl/2016/08/30/reporter-jan-roos-lead-political-party-vnl/|title = Reporter Jan Roos to lead political party VNL}}
| founder = Louis Bontes
Joram van Klaveren
Johan Driessen
| chairman = Laurence Stassen
| leader1_name = Joram van Klaveren
| leader1_title = Secretary
| leader2_name = Johan Driessen
| leader2_title = Treasurer
| leader3_name =
| leader3_title =
| leader4_name =
| leader4_title = Leader in the Senate
| leader5_name = Louis Bontes
| leader5_title = Leader in the House of Representatives
| foundation = 28 May 2014
| dissolution = 20 March 2017
| split = Party for Freedom
| ideology = {{ubl|class=nowrap|
|Classical liberalism{{Cite web|url=http://www.vnl.nu/beginselverklaring/|title=Beginselverklaring|website=Voor Nederland|language=nl|access-date=26 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140827023652/http://www.vnl.nu/beginselverklaring/|archive-date=27 August 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}
|Liberal conservatism{{Cite web |url=http://www.vnl.nu/uncategorized/telegraaf-artikel-zaterdag-21-juni/ |title=Een nieuwe partij op rechts: VNL |website=Voor Nederland |language=nl |access-date=26 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812053624/http://www.vnl.nu/uncategorized/telegraaf-artikel-zaterdag-21-juni/ |archive-date=12 August 2014 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}
|Right-wing populism{{Cite web |url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/wahl-in-den-niederlanden-warum-die-niederlaender-an-einem-mittwoch-waehlen-1.3417158 |title=Warum die Niederländer an einem Mittwoch wählen |website=Süddeutsche Zeitung |date=15 March 2017 |language=de |access-date=17 June 2020 }}
}}
| position = Right-wing
| youth_wing =
| wing1 =
| wing1_title = Thinktank
| international =
| european = Alliance for Direct Democracy in Europe
| europarl =
| colours = {{color box|#0079be|border=darkgray}} Blue
| headquarters = Het Plein 2
The Hague
| website = {{URL|vnl.nu}}
}}
VoorNederland (translated: For Netherlands or Pro-Netherlands) was a Dutch political party. It was previously active in the House of Representatives of the Netherlands as the Group Bontes/Van Klaveren ({{langx|nl|Groep Bontes/Van Klaveren}}), a parliamentary group founded in April 2014. The parliamentary group was succeeded by a political party in May 2014. After failing to garner win a single seat in the 2017 general election, the party disbanded.
History
The Group Bontes/Van Klaveren ({{langx|nl|Groep Bontes/Van Klaveren}}) was a parliamentary group 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.[http://www.parlement.com/id/vjixikpr6dzh/nieuws/ex_pvv_ers_bontes_en_van_klaveren Ex-PVV'ers Bontes en Van Klaveren bundelen krachten in Tweede Kamer], parlement.com, 14 April 2014{{Cite web |url=http://www.telegraaf.nl/binnenland/22507383/__Nieuwe_Kamerfractie_Bontes_en_Van_Klaveren__.html |title=Bontes en Van Klaveren vormen nieuwe Kamerfractie |website=Telegraaf.nl |date=14 April 2014 |language=nl |access-date=26 August 2014}}
On 28 May 2014, group members officially founded a new political party, VoorNederland, a classical liberal and liberal conservative and eurosceptic political party.
On 13 November 2014, the party announced that it would cooperate with the UK Independence Party in the Alliance for Direct Democracy in Europe.{{Cite web |url=http://politiek.eenvandaag.nl/radio-tv-items/55294/bontes_van_klaveren_gaat_samenwerken_met_ukip |title=Bontes/Van Klaveren gaat samenwerken met UKIP |website=EenVandaag Politiek |language=nl |access-date=13 November 2014}}{{Cite web |url=http://politicsatsurrey.ideasoneurope.eu/2014/12/16/ukips-euro-party-decision/ |title=UKIP's Euro-Party decision |website=Politics at Surrey |date=16 December 2014 |access-date=7 January 2015}}
In December 2014 and January 2015, VNL was joined by former PVV leader in the European Parliament Laurence Stassen{{Cite web |url=http://www.powned.tv/nieuws/politiek/2014/12/stassen_terug_in_politiek.html |title=Stassen terug in politiek |website=PowNed |language=nl |date=29 December 2014 |access-date=7 January 2015}} and, leading up to the 2015 provincial elections, two provincial PVV representatives from Groningen and Gelderland.{{Cite web |url=http://nos.nl/artikel/2012076-pvv-raakt-opnieuw-statenlid-kwijt.html |title=PVV raakt opnieuw Statenlid kwijt |website=NOS |language=nl |date=7 January 2015 |access-date=7 January 2015}} On 27 January 2015 it was announced that the members of the party Article 50 had voted to merge it into VoorNederland.{{Cite web |first=Bas |last=Paternotte |date=27 January 2015 |url=http://politiek.thepostonline.nl/2015/01/27/artikel-50-gaat-op-vnl-van-bontesvan-klaveren/ |title=Artikel 50 gaat op in VNL van Bontes/Van Klaveren |website=ThePostOnline |language=nl |access-date=28 January 2015}}
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,[http://nos.nl/artikel/2031532-moszkowicz-voelt-zich-klaar-voor-de-politiek.html "Moszkowicz voelt zich klaar voor de politiek"] NOS.nl, 21 April 2015 but after nine months he was rejected by the party.[http://www.telegraaf.nl/binnenland/24998632/__VNL_zet_Moszkowicz_uit_partij__.html "VNL zet Moszkowicz uit partij"] Telegraaf.nl. 13 January 2016
In the 2017 Dutch general election, VoorNederland failed to win a single seat, securing just 0.4% of the vote.{{Cite web |url=https://www.kiesraad.nl/adviezen-en-publicaties/rapporten/2017/3/kerngegevens-tweede-kamerverkiezing-2017/kerngegevens-tweede-kamerverkiezing-2017 |title=Kerngegevens Tweede Kamerverkiezing 2017 |website=Kiesraad |date=21 March 2017 |language=nl |access-date=21 March 2017}}
Because of its election failure and lack of money, the party was dissolved by its members congress on 18 June 2017.{{Cite web|url=http://nos.nl/artikel/2178740-geen-geld-geen-zetel-geen-leider-vnl-heft-zich-op.html|title=Geen geld, geen zetel, geen leider: VNL heft zich op|date=17 June 2017 }}
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, the party had ties with UKIP.
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.vnl.nu}} {{in lang|nl}}
{{Defunct political parties in the Netherlands}}
Category:Political parties established in 2014
Category:2014 establishments in the Netherlands
Category:Liberal parties in the Netherlands
Category:Conservative parties in the Netherlands
Category:Defunct nationalist parties in the Netherlands
Category:Right-wing populism in the Netherlands
Category:Secularism in the Netherlands
Category:Classical liberal parties
Category:Liberal conservative parties
Category:Eurosceptic parties in the Netherlands
Category:Right-wing populist parties