"`I say what I mean and do what I say': Pim Formyn and the victory of the far right in the May 2002 Dutch general elections"

Thurman, Michael (2003) "`I say what I mean and do what I say': Pim Formyn and the victory of the far right in the May 2002 Dutch general elections". In: UNSPECIFIED, Nashville, TN. (Unpublished)

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Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to look at how the List Pim Fortuyn (LPF) became the second largest party in the Dutch lower house, if for only a short time, by identifying six primary causes: pre-September 11, 2001 malaise; the aftermath of September 11; the local elections in Rotterdam in March 2002; the personality of Pim Fortuyn; the failings of the major parties; and Fortuyn's assassination. I will also look at how the coalition collapsed and why the LPF was routed in the recent parliamentary elections on January 23, 2003. I conclude by examining the possible future of rightist populism in the Netherlands. I begin with a brief history of the LPF.

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