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  • Fortuyn voted greatest Dutchman

    11/16/2004 11:30:30 AM PST · by knighthawk · 34 replies · 616+ views
    BBC News Online ^ | November 16 2004
    Television viewers in the Netherlands have voted the right-wing politician Pim Fortuyn, killed in 2002, the greatest Dutchman of all time. Mr Fortuyn, who inflamed Dutch society with fierce anti-immigration rhetoric, was shot by an animal rights activist. He beat the first William of Orange - the 17th-Century founder of the modern Dutch state - into second place. The vote came amid racial and religious tension after film-maker Theo van Gogh was shot dead by a Muslim extremist. Before his murder, Pim Fortuyn's right-wing List party was poised to make large gains in the general election of 2002, campaigning on...
  • The lessons of Pim Fortuyn

    01/17/2003 3:32:51 PM PST · by knighthawk · 26 replies · 549+ views
    Radio Netherlands ^ | January 17 2003 | Hans Andringa
    This coming Wednesday, Dutch voters will be heading to the polls for the second time in just one year. Last May, the usually tranquil Dutch political landscape was shaken by the most significant developments of the past few decades: the meteoric rise of populist right-wing leader Pim Fortuyn and his assassination just days before the polls. Pim Fortuyn had skilfully played the media to position himself as the mouthpiece of mounting popular discontent and this brought his party an unprecedented election victory in May. But once in power, the LPF soon lapsed into endless internal squabbling and leadership struggles, which...