Partij voor de Vrijheid

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Partij voor de Vrijheid logo, 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]

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.

MEPs

Notes

  1. PVV Visie, PVV, accessed 2 March 2011.
  2. Giles Scott-Smith, Wilders and the US Israel lobby, dutchnews.nl, 16 June 2010.
  3. Giles Scott-Smith, Wilders and the US Israel lobby, dutchnews.nl, 16 June 2010.
  4. US lobbyists make large donations to PVV, says former MP, DutchNews.nl, 21 March 2012.
  5. Tom-Jan Meeus and Guus Valk, Partners Wilders in VS verdienen aan acties tegen moslimextremisme, NRC.nl, 15 May 2010 (Dutch).