Onafhankelijke Burger Partij

Onafhankelijke Burger Partij

Onafhankelijke Burger Partij
Onafhankelijke Burger Partij Onafhankelijke Burger Partij
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
Political position	Right-wing
European affiliation	None
International affiliation	None
European Parliament group	None
Colours	Orange
Website
	onafhankelijkeburgerpartij.nl
	Politics of Netherlands; Political parties; Elections;

The Onafhankelijke Burger Partij (English: Independent Citizens' Party, OBP) is a political party in the Netherlands. The party was founded by Hero Brinkman, a Member of the House of Representatives for the Party for Freedom (PVV). Brinkman left the Party for Freedom after he had repeatedly criticised the lack of democracy within the party as well as their negative generalisations about certain groups in society. He founded the Independent Citizens' Party and was going to participate in the Dutch general election of 2012 but on June 9, 2012 he announced that the Independent Citizens' Party was merging with the Trots op Nederland party to form a new party; the Democratic Political Turning Point.^[2]^[3] However, Trots op Nederland announced on November 17th that the merger with the Onafhankelijke Burger Partij to the Democratisch Politiek Keerpunt would become dissolved because the Trots' management was unsatisfied.

References

^ Andeweg, R. and G. Irwin Politics and Governance in the Netherlands, Basingstoke (Palgrave) p.49
^ Template:En icon Hero Brinkman quits the PVV, opposition call for new elections, DutchNews.nl, March 20, 2012
^ Template:En icon New DPKP party marks a 'turning point', will fill gap on the right, DutchNews.nl, June 19, 2012

External links

[Andeweg,_R_p.49-1] Andeweg, R. and G. Irwin Politics and Governance in the Netherlands, Basingstoke (Palgrave) p.49

[2] Template:En icon Hero Brinkman quits the PVV, opposition call for new elections, DutchNews.nl, March 20, 2012

[3] Template:En icon New DPKP party marks a 'turning point', will fill gap on the right, DutchNews.nl, June 19, 2012

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