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^[1]
Political position	Right-wing
European affiliation	None
International affiliation	None
European Parliament group	None
Colours	Orange
Website
onafhankelijkeburgerpartij.nl
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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
↑ (English) Hero Brinkman quits the PVV, opposition call for new elections, DutchNews.nl, March 20, 2012
↑ (English) New DPKP party marks a 'turning point', will fill gap on the right, DutchNews.nl, June 19, 2012

External links

(Dutch) Official site Democratic Political Turning Point
(Dutch) Official site Proud of the Netherlands

Defunct political parties in the Netherlands

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Reformed	Anti Revolutionary Party Christian Historical Voters' League Free Anti Revolutionary Party Christian Historical Party Frisian League Christian Historical Union League of Christian Socialists Christian Democratic Party Christian Social Party Christian Democratic Union Reformed Reformed State Party Reformed Political Alliance Reformatory Political Federation Evangelical People's Party

Socialist	Social Democratic League Social Democratic Workers' Party Communist Party of the Netherlands Socialist Party Revolutionary Socialist Party Pacifist Socialist Party Democratic Socialists '70

Other	Alliance for the Democratization of the Army Peasants' League Middle Party for City and Country Alliance for National Reconstruction National Socialist Movement Farmers' Party New Middle Party Centre Party Centre Party '86 Centre Democrats Dutch Block New National Party New Right National Alliance General Elderly Alliance Union 55+ Livable Netherlands Pim Fortuyn List Proud of the Netherlands Independent Citizens' Party

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