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A beacon of hope in the Cape
The original article was published by The Cape Independent and can be found here . Amid rising costs of living and the slow-moving political crises of the West, guest author Jurgen van het Bolscher sees hope in an …
By Editorial Team
Politics
Why Conservatives Always Lose And Why the Left took Power
FVD International is honoured to republish this article by Prof. Stephen Baskerville. The original article can be found here . Why do conservatives lose every battle? More urgent right now, why did they also lose the …
By Stephen Baskerville
Politics
"Modern man is spiritually sick"
Thierry Baudet gives his vision on Dutch health policy.
By Thierry Baudet
Politics
The technocratic temptation, the technocratic fallacy
The Covid crisis proved how susceptible politics can be to technocratic takeovers. The scientific consensus on which policymakers relied for measures such as QR codes, vaccinations and curfews, turned out to be the …
By Sid Lukkassen
Politics
New Year’s wishes to the members of the Mi Hazank (Our Homeland) party
Dear compatriots! Dear European allies, Ambassadors, Diplomatic Delegations. If I have to assess the past year, my task is very easy. Nothing happened last year that really surprised us. Last year also showed that there …
By László Toroczkai
Politics
Apologia: Frederik Jansen's valedictory letter to the Speaker of the Dutch Parliament
Dear Chairman of the House of Representatives, Dear Martin, Partly in the light of the forthcoming Parliamentary Inquiry into the decision-making process during the Covid period, I have decided to make my seat in the …
By Frederik Jansen
Politics
The Failure of Fukuyama
The end of liberal democracy On 23 December 2023, the Dutch newspaper, Het Financieele Dagblad (The Financial Daily) ran an interview with liberal philosopher Francis Fukuyama about the decline of the liberal world …
By Vincent Vos
Politics
FVD MP Jansen temporarily cedes seat in Parliament to Van Houwelingen because of Covid inquiry
Shortly after the elections, FVD party leader, Thierry Baudet, called on the Lower House to resume the paused parliamentary inquiry into Covid policy. The new House, which has a totally different political arrangement …
By Editorial Team
Politics
Entire FVD group suspended by House of Representatives
On 19 December, the entire Forum for Democracy parliamentary group was suspended. Never before in parliamentary history has such a sanction been imposed on a party. VVD, NSC, D66, GroenLinks-PvdA, CDA, CU, SGP, SP …
By Editorial Team
Politics
Political Persecution
5 December 2023 was Pepijn van Houwelingen's last day as a member of parliament. On 6 December he was summoned to appear in court. So said the summons from the public prosecutor's office that dropped onto Van …
By Editorial Team
Politics
Farewell, Pepijn – and see you soon!
On Tuesday, the Lower House formally bids farewell to all outgoing MPs. Among them are MPs who wish to retire themselves and therefore did not stand for re-election, but also MPs who simply did not get enough votes to …
By Editorial Team
Politics
Baudet's letter on the formation of government
On 30 November, FVD party leader Thierry Baudet spoke to Ronald Plasterk, the parliamentary “scout” about the election results and the steps he believes should be taken in the formation of a new government. Baudet …
By Editorial Team
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