Party for Freedom (PVV)

Par­ty for Free­dom (PVV) is a Dutch nation­al con­ser­v­a­tive polit­i­cal par­ty found­ed in 2006 by Geert Wilders fol­low­ing his depar­ture from the People’s Par­ty for Free­dom and Democ­ra­cy (VVD). The PVV com­bines nation­al­ism, cul­tur­al con­ser­vatism, and pop­ulist rhetoric with a strong empha­sis on pro­tect­ing Dutch iden­ti­ty, oppos­ing immi­gra­tion from Mus­lim-major­i­ty coun­tries, and reject­ing what it views as the encroach­ment of Islam into Euro­pean soci­ety. The par­ty is also Euroscep­tic, advo­cat­ing for greater nation­al sov­er­eign­ty and a reduc­tion of EU influ­ence in domes­tic affairs. Eco­nom­i­cal­ly, it sup­ports wel­fare pro­grams for native cit­i­zens while oppos­ing ben­e­fits for immi­grants. Since its found­ing, the PVV has steadi­ly gained influ­ence, becom­ing the largest par­ty in the Dutch Par­lia­ment after the 2023 gen­er­al elec­tion and posi­tion­ing itself at the fore­front of Europe’s broad­er nation­al con­ser­v­a­tive movement.

Sources:
Par­ty for Free­dom – Wikipedia
Par­ty for Free­dom – Britannica
What a Far-Right Surge in the Nether­lands Means for Europe – Chatham House
Under­stand­ing the Par­ty for Freedom’s Politi­ciza­tion of Islam – Brookings
Par­ty for Free­dom – Sim­ple Eng­lish Wikipedia