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Forza! Nederland
Forza! Nederland (an abbreviation of Fortuynistische Organisatie voor een Realistische Zakelijke Aanpak) is a Dutch right-wing populist political organisation active in the Netherlands. Despite the name, the party has no connection to Forza Italia.
Forza! is active in several municipalities in the Netherlands and was represented in the Provincial Council of North Holland until 2015. Forza! is known to be as one of the successors of the former Pim Fortuyn List and very outspoken against Islam, refugees and in favor of referendums and can be considered as a local counterpart of or alternative to the Party for Freedom and JA21.
The party's history began in 2003 when Paul Meijer and Fleur Agema were disbarred from the States-Provincial Pim Fortuyn List. Meijer and Agema founded the party to participate in the 2006 elections, but failed to raise the money needed to participate. In 2006, Agema left the party and joined the Party for Freedom (PVV) of Geert Wilders. Forza! participated in the 2006 Dutch municipal elections in Haarlem and Haarlemmermeer but won no seats in any municipalities.
Forza! tried to cooperate with Rita Verdonk's Trots op Nederland but the differences between the two parties could not be resolved so it stranded.
In the Dutch municipal elections of 2010, Forza! again participated in Haarlemmermeer and Haarlem. In Haarlem the party won no seats. In Haarlemmermeer the party won three seats in the municipal council. Forza! chairman Paul Meijer became the group leader.
In late 2012, Forza! Netherlands also gained a seat in the Provincial Council of North Holland. Monica Nunes switched from the Party for Freedom to Forza! and represented the political organisation. In 2015 she was disbarred after not showing up in the provincial council for almost a year. Forza! did not return in the provincial council to give the PVV a chance to grow. The party later officially declared that they were against the form of a provincial council and wanted to abolish this.
In 2014, Forza! announced that the organisation would not contest national elections anymore and would only be active in various municipalities. In the 2014 municipal elections, the party grew from three to four seats in Haarlemmermeer, but lost two of these six months later after a conflict between Meijer and two other Forza! councillors. The party also participated in Velsen as Forza! IJmond and won two seats.
In 2015, a councillor of a local party in Spijkenisse joined Forza!, and in 2016 a councillor in Castricum joined the party, giving Forza! representation in four different municipalities. In 2017, Forza! chairman Meijer announced that the party would also participate in the municipalities of Maassluis and Enschede in the 2018 municipal elections. However, the local leaders of the two cities stopped their campaigns just before the elections because of personal threats.
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Forza! Nederland
Forza! Nederland (an abbreviation of Fortuynistische Organisatie voor een Realistische Zakelijke Aanpak) is a Dutch right-wing populist political organisation active in the Netherlands. Despite the name, the party has no connection to Forza Italia.
Forza! is active in several municipalities in the Netherlands and was represented in the Provincial Council of North Holland until 2015. Forza! is known to be as one of the successors of the former Pim Fortuyn List and very outspoken against Islam, refugees and in favor of referendums and can be considered as a local counterpart of or alternative to the Party for Freedom and JA21.
The party's history began in 2003 when Paul Meijer and Fleur Agema were disbarred from the States-Provincial Pim Fortuyn List. Meijer and Agema founded the party to participate in the 2006 elections, but failed to raise the money needed to participate. In 2006, Agema left the party and joined the Party for Freedom (PVV) of Geert Wilders. Forza! participated in the 2006 Dutch municipal elections in Haarlem and Haarlemmermeer but won no seats in any municipalities.
Forza! tried to cooperate with Rita Verdonk's Trots op Nederland but the differences between the two parties could not be resolved so it stranded.
In the Dutch municipal elections of 2010, Forza! again participated in Haarlemmermeer and Haarlem. In Haarlem the party won no seats. In Haarlemmermeer the party won three seats in the municipal council. Forza! chairman Paul Meijer became the group leader.
In late 2012, Forza! Netherlands also gained a seat in the Provincial Council of North Holland. Monica Nunes switched from the Party for Freedom to Forza! and represented the political organisation. In 2015 she was disbarred after not showing up in the provincial council for almost a year. Forza! did not return in the provincial council to give the PVV a chance to grow. The party later officially declared that they were against the form of a provincial council and wanted to abolish this.
In 2014, Forza! announced that the organisation would not contest national elections anymore and would only be active in various municipalities. In the 2014 municipal elections, the party grew from three to four seats in Haarlemmermeer, but lost two of these six months later after a conflict between Meijer and two other Forza! councillors. The party also participated in Velsen as Forza! IJmond and won two seats.
In 2015, a councillor of a local party in Spijkenisse joined Forza!, and in 2016 a councillor in Castricum joined the party, giving Forza! representation in four different municipalities. In 2017, Forza! chairman Meijer announced that the party would also participate in the municipalities of Maassluis and Enschede in the 2018 municipal elections. However, the local leaders of the two cities stopped their campaigns just before the elections because of personal threats.