Party for the Netherlands ( nl, Partij voor Nederland) (PVN) is a

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founded in August 2006 by

Hilbrand Nawijn Hilbrand Pier Anne Nawijn (born 8 August 1948) is a Dutch lawyer and politician of the local political party Lijst Hilbrand Nawijn (LHN) in Zoetermeer. From 2002 to 2004, he served as a Member of the House of Representatives for the Pim Fortuyn ...

, a member of the Dutch

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. The party was considered one of several splinter groups from the

Pim Fortuyn List The Pim Fortuyn List ( nl, Lijst Pim Fortuyn, LPF) was a political party in the Netherlands named after its eponymous founder Pim Fortuyn, a former university professor and political columnist. The party was considered populist, right-wing popu ...

(LPF) party aiming to become the successor of the LPF. Its list for the 2006 election contained former LPF members such as

Gerard van As Gerard Pieter van As (born 12 November 1944, in Gouda) is a Dutch politician. From 2002 to 2006 he was a member of Pim Fortuyn List (LPF) in the Dutch House of Representatives. He also served as parliamentary chairman of the LPF from 2004 to 20 ...

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and Willem van der Velden. After a dismal result of the party in the 2006 election, Hilbrand Nawijn stepped down from national politics. The future of the party itself is uncertain.

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Home page of Partij voor Nederland
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