Edmund Burke Foundation
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The organisation
The Edmund Burke Foundation is a conservative think-tank based in the Netherlands, promoting strong free market reforms and opposing abortion, euthanasia, and gay marriage. It also supports the idea that there is no convincing evidence for global warming.
It was founded in 2000 and is the only conservative think-tank in the Netherlands.[1]
- The Burke Foundation regularly publishes reports and studies on a variety of topics, including the Dutch healthcare sector, privatization, wasteful government spending and conservative thought. Although the message of the Foundation would be considered a normal conservative Republican message in the United States, it places the Foundation in an awkward position in the Netherlands. Many radical activists regard the message of the Burke Foundation (which is in favor of healthcare privatization and tax cuts) as a threat to society." [6][2]
Individuals
Its director is Bart Jan Spruyt, who was a personal friend of the populist Pim Fortuyn. Fortuyn was murdered in 2002 in the runup to the elections in the Netherlands.[3][4]
Funding
Funding is received through private donations ranging from € 25 to € 500 per year. Possibilities for Corporate donations are "available upon request"[5] The pharmaceutical company Pfizer was funding the Edmund Burke Foundation from 2001 - 2005. The Edmund Burke Foundation has also received funding from Microsoft. [6]
Associations
Edmund Burke Foundation is listed in the Atlas Economic Research Foundation which describes itself as "[...] the leading international organization for supporting independent think tanks advancing freedom [since 1981]".[7]
Mission
To train students in conservative thoughts. The foundation organises seminars and summer camps for talented students .[8]
External links
- The foundation's website: http://www.burkestichting.nl
- Sourcewatch on the foundation: http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Edmund_Burke_Foundation
- Atlas Economic Research Foundation http://www.atlasusa.org/directory/institute_profile.php?refer=directory&org_id=571
- Sea Urchin Editions http://www.sea-urchin.net/radiobaghdad/bugger8.html
Notes
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ newsfilter.co.uk Encyclopedia, http://pedia.newsfilter.co.uk/wikipedia/b/bu/burke_foundation.html
- ↑ [2]
- ↑ Moritz Schwarz, http://www.jf-archiv.de/archiv03/203yy09.htm "Ein ganz außergewöhnlicher Mann", interview published on 09/05/2003 in Junge Freiheit (independent German weekly newspaper)
- ↑ http://www.burkestichting.nl/en/support.html
- ↑ [3]
- ↑ [4]
- ↑ [5]
