The New National Party ( nl, Nieuwe Nationale Partij, abbr. NNP) was a Dutch

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political party which existed between 1998 and 2005. It succeeded the "Volksnationalisten Nederland" (abbr. ''VNN'', People's Nationalists Netherlands) party which had been founded in 1997. The NNP was originally named "Nationale Partij Nederland" (National Party Netherlands) but because another party had used a similar name earlier the name was rejected by the Electoral Council (Dutch: ''Kiesraad''). The party was first led by Egbert Perée, then by Henk Ruitenberg (ex-CP'86) and after him Florens van der Kooi. The party was considered to be successor of the

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(CP'86), which was banned by a Dutch court in 1998 as a "criminal organization". The NNP was never charged or convicted under the criminal code. The party was dissolved in 2005 after many members left the party for newer parties, such as the conservative rightist

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party and the largely

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National Alliance party. The NNP worked with New Right in the ''Actiecomité Stop MARTIJN'' which campaigned against the pedophiles of the

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in 2003. Several former NNP members later became active for

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, including Van der Kooi.

External links

Archive of the former website of the NNP
on the

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Defunct nationalist parties in the Netherlands Far-right politics in the Netherlands Political parties established in 1998 Political parties disestablished in 2005 {{netherlands-poli-stub