Belang van Nederland: Difference between revisions

| name = Interest of the Netherlands

| native_name = Belang van Nederland

| logo = Logo - Belang van Nederland = BVNL logo (2023–present).svg

| logo_size =

| colorcode = {{party color|Belang van Nederland}}

| abbreviation = BVNL

| leader = [[Wybren van Haga]]<ref name="documentatiecentrum1">{{cite web |url=https://dnpp.nl/dnpp/pp/bvnl |title=Belang van Nederland (BVNL) &#124; Documentatiecentrum Nederlandse Politieke Partijen (DNPP) |language=nl |publisher=Dnpp.nl |date=2019-09-24 September 2019 |access-date=8 September 2021-09-08 |archive-date=8 September 2021-09-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210908043159/https://dnpp.nl/dnpp/pp/bvnl |url-status=live }}</ref>

| chairperson = Wybren van Haga<ref name="documentatiecentrum1"/>

| leader1_title = {{nowrap|Leader in the [[House of Representatives (Netherlands)|House <br /> of Representatives]]}}

| leader1_name = Wybren van Haga

| founded = {{Start date|2021|08|07|df=y}}

| founders = {{ubl|Wybren van Haga, |[[Olaf Ephraim and ]]|[[Hans Smolders]]}}

| split = [[Forum for Democracy]]

| ideology = {{nowrap|[[Right-wing populism]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bnnvara.nl/joop/artikelen/ook-populistische-partijen-bbb-ja21-bvnl-en-pvv-voeden-steeds-de-haat-tegen-journalisten |title=VanOok Hagapopulistische lanceertpartijen zijnBBB, nieuwe partij:JA21, BVNL en PVV voeden steeds de haat tegen journalisten |language=nl |trans-title=Populist parties BBB, JA21, BVNL and PVV also feed the hatred against journalists |website=[[BNNVARA]] |date=27 October 2022 |access-date=28 October 2021 |archive-10-28date=27 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221027090235/https://www.bnnvara.nl/joop/artikelen/ook-populistische-partijen-bbb-ja21-bvnl-en-pvv-voeden-steeds-de-haat-tegen-journalisten |url-status=live}}</ref><br />[[Conservative liberalism]]<ref name="documentatiecentrum1"/><br />[[Classical liberalism]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ad.nl/politiek/van-haga-lanceert-zijn-nieuwe-partij-bvnl~a77c30a5/ |title=Van Haga lanceert zijn nieuwe partij: BVNL |language=nl |trans-title=Van Haga starts his own party: BV NLVan Haga launches its new party: BVNL |website=ad.nl[[Algemeen Dagblad]] |date=7 August 2021 |access-date=8 September 2021-09-08 |archive-date=8 September 2021-09-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210908043149/https://www.ad.nl/politiek/van-haga-lanceert-zijn-nieuwe-partij-bvnl~a77c30a5/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Nieuwe partij Van Haga gaat Belang van Nederland heten (BVNL) |trans-title=Van Haga's new party will be called Belang van Nederland (BVNL) |url=https://www.ad.nl/politiek/nieuwe-partij-van-haga-gaat-belang-van-nederland-heten-bvnl~a948c92e/ |access-date=30 January 2022 |work=[[Algemeen Dagblad]] | date=2 July 2021-07-02 |language=nl |archive-date=30 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220130205837/https://www.ad.nl/politiek/nieuwe-partij-van-haga-gaat-belang-van-nederland-heten-bvnl~a948c92e/ |url-status=live}}</ref><br/>[[Direct democracy]]<br />{{nowrap|[[Euroscepticism]]}}<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web |url=https://www.bvnl.nl/standpunten/#vrijheid |title=Standpunten &#124; BVNL &#124; Belang van Nederland |publisher=Bvnl.nlBVNL |date=3 July 2021-07-03 |access-date=8 September 2021-09-08 |archive-date=8 September 2021-09-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210908043151/https://www.bvnl.nl/standpunten/#vrijheid |url-status=live }}</ref>}}

| positionmembership = {{nowrap|[[Right-wing politics|Right-wing]]increase}} 6,305<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.world-today-newsrug.comnl/wybrenresearch/dnpp/politieke-van-haga-starts-decent-right-wing-party-fvd-was-my-biggest-mistake-inlandpartijen/bvnl/ |title=WybrenBelang van HagaNederland starts(BVNL) 'decent|website=[[Rijksuniversiteit right-wing' party: 'FvD was my biggest mistake'Groningen]] |date=August23 6,September 2021 |websitelanguage=www.world-today-news.comnl |access-date=2021-09-0824 February 2023 |archive-date=2021-09-0817 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2021090804314920230217091629/https://www.world-today-newsrug.comnl/wybrenresearch/dnpp/politieke-van-haga-starts-decent-right-wing-party-fvd-was-my-biggest-mistake-inlandpartijen/bvnl/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

| seats1_titlecountry = [[Senatethe (Netherlands)|Senate]]

| seats2_titleseats1_title = [[House of RepresentativesSenate (Netherlands)|House of RepresentativesSenate]]

| seats2seats1 = {{CompositionInfobox barpolitical party/seats|30|15075|hex=#242B57}}{{ref|vanhaganote|A}}

| seats3_titleseats2_title = [[ProvincialHouse councilof Representatives (Netherlands)|ProvincialHouse of councilsRepresentatives]]

| seats3seats2 = {{Composition bar|50|570150|hex=#242B57}}

BVNL was founded by [[Wybren van Haga]], who had previously been an MP for the [[People's Party for Freedom and Democracy]] (VVD) before defecting to [[Forum for Democracy]] (FvD). In May 2021, Van Haga announced that he split from FvD in response to a poster it had released which compared the [[COVID-19 lockdowns|COVID-19 lockdown]] to the [[Nazi occupation of the Netherlands]]. He was joined by two former FvD MPs [[Hans Smolders]] and [[Olaf Ephraim]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Van Haga neemt afstand van 5 mei-poster van Forum voor Democratie |trans-title=Van Haga distances himself from the 5 May poster of Forum for Democracy |url=https://nos.nl/artikel/2379598-van-haga-neemt-afstand-van-5-mei-poster-van-forum-voor-democratie |work=NOS[[Nederlandse Omroep Stichting]] |date=6 May 2021 |access-date=13 May 2021 |archive-date=13 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513130724/https://nos.nl/artikel/2379598-van-haga-neemt-afstand-van-5-mei-poster-van-forum-voor-democratie|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite webnews|title=Van Haga en twee Kamerleden breken met Forum voor Democratie |trans-title=Van Haga and two MPs break with Forum for Democracy |url=https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2021/05/13/van-haga-en-twee-kamerleden-splitsen-af-van-forum-voor-democratie-a4043462 |last=Peek |first=Simone |work=[[NRC Handelsblad|NRC]] |date=13 May 2021 |access-date=13 May 2021 |archive-date=5 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210805214100/https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2021/05/13/van-haga-en-twee-kamerleden-splitsen-af-van-forum-voor-democratie-a4043462 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Scheuring in Forum: Kamerlid Van Haga splitst zich af met twee anderen |trans-title=Split in Forum: MP Van Haga splits with two others |url=https://nos.nl/l/2380516 |work=nos.nl[[Nederlandse Omroep Stichting]] |access-date=13 May 2021 |access-05-date=13 May 2021}}</ref> The group subsequently founded the independent group ''Groep Van Haga''. In August 2021, Van Haga announced his intention to start a new political party.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.telegraaf.nl/nieuws/505650212/van-haga-begint-eigen-partij-bv-nl |title=Van Haga begint eigen partij: BV NL |language=nl |trans-title=Van Haga starts own party: BV NL |date=2 July 2021 |newspaper=[[De Telegraaf]] |access-date=8 September 2021-09-08 |archive-date=18 September 2021-09-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918083556/https://www.telegraaf.nl/nieuws/505650212/van-haga-begint-eigen-partij-bv-nl |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite webnews |url=https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2021/08/07/van-haga-lanceert-eigen-partij-bv-nl-a4054041 |title=Van Haga lanceert eigen partij BV NL –|trans-title=Van NRCHaga launches own party BV NL |publisher=Nrc.nl[[NRC Handelsblad|NRC]] |date=7 August 2021 |access-date=8 September 2021-09-08 |archive-date=8 September 2021-09-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210908043149/https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2021/08/07/van-haga-lanceert-eigen-partij-bv-nl-a4054041 |url-status=live |last1=Van Eerten |first1=Jurriaan}}</ref><ref name="documentatiecentrum1"/>

Van Haga claimed that BVNL will be a [[classical liberal]] party and "[[culturally conservative]], but classically liberal when it comes to the role of government".<ref name="documentatiecentrum1">{{cite web |url=https://dnpp.nl/dnpp/pp/bvnl |title=Belang van Nederland (BVNL) &#124; Documentatiecentrum Nederlandse Politieke Partijen (DNPP) |language=nl |publisher=Dnpp.nl |date=2019-09-24 |access-date=2021-09-08 |archive-date=2021-09-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210908043159/https://dnpp.nl/dnpp/pp/bvnl |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.omroepbrabant.nl/nieuws/3414747/nieuwe-partij-smolders-heet-belang-van-nederland |title=Nieuwe partij Smolders heet Belang van Nederland |language=nl |trans-title=New party Smolders is called Interest of the Netherlands |orig-date=2 July 2021 |date=3 July 2021 |website=www.omroepbrabant.nl[[Omroep Brabant]] |access-date=8 September 2021-09-08 |archive-date=8 September 2021-09-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210908043150/https://www.omroepbrabant.nl/nieuws/3414747/nieuwe-partij-smolders-heet-belang-van-nederland |url-status=live }}</ref> BVNL also claims that [[individual liberty]], freedom and the protection of Dutch history, cultural identity, and interests as the main cornerstones of its policies. The party also states that it supports [[technological advancement]], a reformed criminal justice system, more controls on immigration and removal of immigrants with criminal records, and simplified tax codes. BVNL also calls for an end to handing over Dutch sovereignty and political power to the [[European Union]], for referendums on Dutch membership of key EU treaties, and for a vote on ''Nexit'' (Dutch withdrawal from the European Union) if polls indicate public support for one. The party also states that the Dutch constitution and laws must come ahead of international law and policies created by [[supranational legislature|supranational]] bodies.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://bvnl.nl/standpunten/#vrijheid |title = Standpunten &#124; BVNL &#124; Belang van Nederland |access-date=23 January 2022 |archive-date=23 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123023239/https://bvnl.nl/standpunten/#vrijheid |url-status=live}}</ref> BVNL also calls for a more critical examination of big tech companies, for freedom of speech to be protected and "academic freedom" within universities.<ref name="autogenerated1"/>{{cn|date=January 2022|reason=cite deleted per WP:USURPSOURCE}} The party is also opposed to some of the [[COVID-19 lockdown]] measures taken by the Dutch government, arguing that social and economic collateral damage was not taken into proper consideration.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bvnl.nl/wybren-van-haga/ |title=Wybren van Haga &#124; Tweede Kamerlid &#124; Belang van Nederland |publisher=Bvnl.nlBVNL |date=2021-11-12 November 2021 |access-date=2021-12-10 December 2021 |archive-date=23 November 2021-11-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211123094103/https://bvnl.nl/wybren-van-haga/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Van Haga has described BVNL as less [[socially conservative]] on LGBT and gender issues than the FvD and [[JA21]], which also split off from the FvD, and more focused on [[economic liberalism]].<ref>{{cite web |work=[[BNR Nieuwsradio|BNR]] |url=https://www.bnr.nl/nieuws/politiek/10446717/wybren-van-haga-lanceert-nieuwe-partij-ondernemer-moet-op-voetstuk-staan |date=5 July 2021 |title=WYBRENWybren VANvan HAGAHaga LANCEERTlanceert NIEUWEnieuwe PARTIJpartij; 'ONDERNEMEROndernemer MOETmoet OPop VOETSTUKvoetstuk STAANstaan' |trans-title=Wybren van Haga launches new party; 'Entrepreneur must be on a pedestal' |access-date=8 December 2021 |archive-date=5 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210705083430/https://www.bnr.nl/nieuws/politiek/10446717/wybren-van-haga-lanceert-nieuwe-partij-ondernemer-moet-op-voetstuk-staan |url-status=live}}</ref>

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