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'''Patrick Brinkmann''' is a 'Swedish-German millionaire businessman' who formerly (until 2011) led [[Pro Berlin]] and in 2011 was also international secretary of [[Pro Bürgerbewegung]].<ref name="CJreportProKoln">''The Counterjihad Movement: the global trend feeding anti-Muslim hate'', Hope Not Hate, 2011, p60.</ref> | '''Patrick Brinkmann''' is a 'Swedish-German millionaire businessman' who formerly (until 2011) led [[Pro Berlin]] and in 2011 was also international secretary of [[Pro Bürgerbewegung]].<ref name="CJreportProKoln">''The Counterjihad Movement: the global trend feeding anti-Muslim hate'', Hope Not Hate, 2011, p60.</ref> | ||
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| + | According to research carried out by British group Hope Not Hate in 2011, Brinkmann 'has sought to fund and establish an anti-Islamist party in Germany as part of a broader pan-European network of anti-Islamist, populist parties which would include ultra-nationalist elements in Israel'.<ref name="CJreportProKoln"/> | ||
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| + | He founded a think tank called [[Continent Europe Foundation]] (KES) in 2004, with the reported aim 'to unify the European far-right'.<ref name="CJreportProKoln"/> | ||
==Donations== | ==Donations== | ||
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==Affiliations== | ==Affiliations== | ||
*[[National Democratic Party]] (NDP) - 'closely linked' | *[[National Democratic Party]] (NDP) - 'closely linked' | ||
| − | *[[German People's Union]] (DVU) - 'closely linked'<ref name="CJreportProKoln"/> | + | *[[German People's Union]] (DVU) - 'closely linked' |
| + | *[[Continent Europe Foundation]] (KES) - founder<ref name="CJreportProKoln"/> | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
Revision as of 19:16, 19 January 2015
Patrick Brinkmann is a 'Swedish-German millionaire businessman' who formerly (until 2011) led Pro Berlin and in 2011 was also international secretary of Pro Bürgerbewegung.[1]
According to research carried out by British group Hope Not Hate in 2011, Brinkmann 'has sought to fund and establish an anti-Islamist party in Germany as part of a broader pan-European network of anti-Islamist, populist parties which would include ultra-nationalist elements in Israel'.[1]
He founded a think tank called Continent Europe Foundation (KES) in 2004, with the reported aim 'to unify the European far-right'.[1]
Donations
Brinkmann reportedly donated 5 million Euros to Pro NRW in 2010.[1]
Affiliations
- National Democratic Party (NDP) - 'closely linked'
- German People's Union (DVU) - 'closely linked'
- Continent Europe Foundation (KES) - founder[1]
