Partij voor de Vrijheid
Partij voor de Vrijheid logo, circa 2015 Credit: Salland TV
The Partij voor de Vrijheid (PVV) or Freedom Party is a Dutch anti-immigrant party.[1] It is led by Geert Wilders.[2]
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Structure
The PVV is structured so that it only has two official members: Wilders, and the Friends of the PVV Foundation.[3]
Funding
According to former PVV parliamentarian Hero Brinkmann, the party receives large donations from American supporters.[4]
Daniel Pipes and David Horowitz have assisted Wilders with fundraising in the US,[5] the latter through his David Horowitz Freedom Center. The Party received $20,000 (€18,110) from his Center in 2014, government documents show. In 2012 Horowitz told Reuters that he had paid Wilders for two speeches, but declined to say how much. [6]
MEPs
- Johannes JG Jansen - aka Hans Jansen, academic and advisory board member of the International Free Press Society (whose ranks include Geert Wilders and co-founder of the International Center for Western Values. Since July 2014.
Notes
- ↑ PVV Visie, PVV, accessed 2 March 2011.
- ↑ Giles Scott-Smith, Wilders and the US Israel lobby, dutchnews.nl, 16 June 2010.
- ↑ Giles Scott-Smith, Wilders and the US Israel lobby, dutchnews.nl, 16 June 2010.
- ↑ US lobbyists make large donations to PVV, says former MP, DutchNews.nl, 21 March 2012.
- ↑ Tom-Jan Meeus and Guus Valk, Partners Wilders in VS verdienen aan acties tegen moslimextremisme, NRC.nl, 15 May 2010 (Dutch).
- ↑ David Horowitz centre gave Geert Wilders €18,000 in 2014, Dutch News, October 1, 2015. Accessed 29 September 2016
