Party for Freedom

The Party for Freedom, Dutch: Partij voor de Vrijheid (shortened PVV), is a right-wing to far-right[1][2][3] political party in the Netherlands.

The party's leader, founder and only member is Geert Wilders.

The party was founded on 22 February 2006. In the 2006 Dutch general election, PVV won 6 seats in the House of Representatives with 579,490 votes. In the 2010 elections, PVV won 24 seats with 1,435,349 votes. In the 2012 elections, PVV won 15 seats with 950,263 votes. In the 2017 elections, the PVV won 20 seats (+5) with 1,372,941 votes. In the 2021 elections they won 17 seats (-3), and in the 2023 elections they have won 37 seats (+20).

PVV is Eurosceptic, meaning they are against the European Union.[4] They are also openly very critical of Islam.[5][6] Economically, the party supports economic liberalism and wants to lower taxes. It is also a right-wing populist party.[7][8][9]

The PVV gained a great amount of popularity in 2017, coming second in the election.[10][11]

References

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  6. Pauwels, Teun (2014). Populism in Western Europe: Comparing Belgium, Germany and The Netherlands. Routledge. pp. 117–118. ISBN 9781317653912. Archived from the original on 23 November 2023. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  7. Merijn Oudenampsen (2013). "Explaining the Swing to the Right: The Dutch Debate on the Rise of Right-Wing Populism". In Ruth Wodak, Majid KhosraviNik, Brigitte Mral. Right-Wing Populism in Europe: Politics and Discourse. A&C Black. p. 191.
  8. Nordsieck, Wolfram (2021). "Netherlands". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 2 April 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  9. "Dutch far-right Party for Freedom tops polls as Europe's 'populists' gain momentum". Russia Today. 29 November 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
  10. "PVV stijgt door; GroenLinks grootste op links". ioresearch.

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