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Pim Fortuyn List Lijst Pim Fortuyn | |
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| Abbreviation | LPF |
| Leader |
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| Chairman |
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| Founder | Pim Fortuyn |
| Founded | 14 February 2002 |
| Dissolved | 1 January 2008 |
| Split from | Livable Netherlands |
| Headquarters | Spaanse Kubus Vlaardingweg 62 Rotterdam |
| Youth wing | Jonge Fortuynisten |
| Thinktank | Prof.Dr. W.S.P. Fortuynstichting |
| Ideology | Classical liberalism[1] Conservative liberalism[1][2] Fortuynism Right-wing populism Republicanism[1] Euroscepticism[3][4] |
| Political position | Right-wing[5][1] |
| European Parliament group | Union for Europe of the Nations |
| Colours | Yellow and Blue |
| Slogan | At your service! (2002), Geef ons een 2e kans (Give us a second chance, 2003)/Wij hebben lef, wij stemmen LPF (We have courage, we vote LPF) (2003) |
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The Pim Fortuyn List (Dutch: Lijst Pim Fortuyn, LPF) was a right-wing populist[6][7] political party in the Netherlands named after its eponymous founder Pim Fortuyn, a former university professor and political columnist. The party was considered nationalist[3] as well as adhering to its own distinct ideology of Fortuynism according to some commentators.[8][9][1]
The LPF supported tougher measures against immigration and crime, opposition to multiculturalism, greater political reform, a reduction in state bureaucracy and was eurosceptic but differed somewhat from other European right-wing or nationalist parties by taking a liberal stance on certain social issues and sought to describe its ideology as pragmatic and not populistic. It also aimed to present itself as an alternative to the Polder model of Dutch politics and the governing style of the existing mainstream parties.[10][11]
Pim Fortuyn had initially had planned to contest the 2002 general election as leader of the Livable Netherlands (LN) party. He was however dismissed as leader of LN in February 2002 due to controversial remarks he made in a newspaper interview on immigration-related issues, and instead founded LPF a few days later, taking many former LN candidates with him. After gaining support in opinion polls, Fortuyn was assassinated on 6 May 2002, nine days before the election. The party held onto its support, and went on to become the second-largest party in the election.
The LPF formed part of a coalition government with the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) and the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) as part of the first Balkenende cabinet and was granted ministerial posts. However, internal conflicts in the LPF led to the coalition's break-up and fresh elections after a few months. Following the 2003 election, the party was left in opposition. It became clear that the party was not viable without its original leader, and it went into decline until it was finally dissolved in 2008. Both Fortuyn and the LPF have had a significant influence on changing Dutch public discourse on immigration, multiculturalism, and political reform, and went on to influence politicians in both the mainstream and newer political parties.
- ^ a b c d e Andeweg, R. and G. Irwin Politics and Governance in the Netherlands, Basingstoke (Palgrave) p.49
- ^ Priester, Karin (2012). Rechter und linker Populismus: Annäherung an ein Chamäleon. Campus Verlag. p. 231. ISBN 9783593397931.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
Moroska2009was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Cas Mudde (2007). "A Fortuynist Foreign Policy". In Christina Schori Liang (ed.). Europe for the Europeans: The Foreign and Security Policy of the Populist Radical Right. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. p. 217. ISBN 978-0-7546-4851-2.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Sunier2006was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Peter Starke; Alexandra Kaasch; Franca Van Hooren (2013). The Welfare State as Crisis Manager: Explaining the Diversity of Policy Responses to Economic Crisis. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 193. ISBN 978-1-137-31484-0.
- ^ Auke van Dijk; Frank Hoogewoning; Maurice Punch (2015). What matters in policing?: Change, values and leadership in turbulent times. Policy Press. p. 69. ISBN 978-1-4473-2695-3.
- ^ "Fortuynism without Fortuyn". The Economist. 28 November 2002.
- ^ Mudde 2007, pp. 213–214
- ^ "Interview with Belgium news agency". YouTube. 24 October 2008. Archived from the original on 2021-12-11.
- ^ Oliver, Mark (7 May 2002). "The shooting of Pym Fortuyn". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 May 2019.