Michiel Smit

Nieuw Rechts (New Right) is a nationalistic Dutch political party, founded by Michiel Smit in 2003, Image File history File linksMetadata Michielsmit. ... A political party is an organization that seeks to attain political power within a government, usually by participating in electoral campaigns. ... Michiel Smit Michiel Smit (Maasland, Netherlands, 21 August 1976) is a Dutch politician and leader of Nieuw Rechts, a rightwing party. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

History

Michiel Smit was secretary of Pim Fortuyn's local Leefbaar Rotterdam party. He was elected into the Rotterdam city council in March 2002. After the assassination of Fortuyn, May 6, 2002, the Leefbaar Rotterdam party was leaderless. In February 2003 the new leadership, led by Ronald Sörensen, forced Michiel Smit and several others out of the Leefbaar Rotterdam party, after Smit admitted to having contact with Filip Dewinter of the Vlaams Belang and operating on neo-nazi internet fora. Wilhelmus Simon Petrus Fortuijn, known as Pim Fortuyn (surname pronounced somewhat like for-TOYN, IPA: ), (February 19, 1948 – May 6, 2002), was a controversial, openly gay, charismatic politician in the Netherlands who formed his own party Lijst Pim Fortuyn (List Pim Fortuyn or LPF). ... Leefbaar Rotterdam (Livable Rotterdam) is a political party in the large Dutch city of Rotterdam. ... For other places named Rotterdam, see Rotterdam (disambiguation) Rotterdam ( (help· info)), located in the province of Zuid Holland, is the second largest municipality in the Netherlands (after Amsterdam), yet depending on the calculation methods the agglomeration in which Rotterdam is situated vies with the Amsterdam agglomeration for first spot in... May 6 is the 126th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (127th in leap years). ... For the Cusco album, see 2002 (album). ... Leefbaar Rotterdam (Livable Rotterdam) is a political party in the large Dutch city of Rotterdam. ... Michiel Smit Michiel Smit (Maasland, Netherlands, 21 August 1976) is a Dutch politician and leader of Nieuw Rechts, a rightwing party. ... Filip Dewinter (official spelling: Philip Dewinter, born September 11, 1962, Bruges) is a Flemish politician in Belgium. ... Vlaams Belang (English: Flemish Interest) is a Belgian political party. ...

Smit however held on to his seat in the Rotterdam city council, forming a one person party, called Nieuw Rechts. From this position Smit started to build up the Nieuw Rechts party. He tried to set up local branches all over the Netherlands, but this has failed, except in Rotterdam. In the first electoral campaign, in 2004 European Elections the party attracted 0,3% of the votes, and no seats. In the Dutch municipal elections of 2006 New Right fielded candidates in Rotterdam, Ridderkerk, Almelo and Eindhoven, obtaining 0.06% of the total vote and one seat in the council of Ridderkerk. It is expected that Smit will contest in the General Election of 2007, but he is not expect to play a major role. Elections to the European Parliament were held from June 10, 2004 to June 13, 2004 in the 25 member states of the European Union, using varying election days according to local custom. ... Posters of political parties of the 2006 municipal elections in Delft The Dutch municipal elections of 2006 were held on March 7, 2006. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other places named Rotterdam, see Rotterdam (disambiguation) Rotterdam ( (help· info)), located in the province of Zuid Holland, is the second largest municipality in the Netherlands (after Amsterdam), yet depending on the calculation methods the agglomeration in which Rotterdam is situated vies with the Amsterdam agglomeration for first spot in... Ridderkerk (population: 45,528 in 2004) is a town in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. ... Almelo is a municipality and a city in the eastern Netherlands. ... Eindhoven is a municipality and a city located in the province of Noord-Brabant in the south of the Netherlands, originally at the confluence of the Dommel and Gender brooks. ... Elections in the Netherlands for the Tweede Kamer of Parliament The next Dutch general election is scheduled to be held on May 16, 2007. ...

Ideology

New Right's ideology is based on conservatism, liberalism and nationalism. Like other euronationalist parties, the party is accused of racism. The party itself rejects this label. Euronationalism is the process of bringing parties and issues that have been judged as far right to a more mainstream audience. ...

The most important issue for the New Right is immigration and integration of Muslims. He holds controversial views like forced repatriation of criminal foreigners and mandatory dutch services in mosques. Integration may be any of the following: In the most general sense, integration may be any bringing together of things: the integration of two or more economies, cultures, religions (usually called syncretism), etc. ... A Muslim (Arabic: مسلم) (sometimes also spelled Moslem) is an adherent of Islam. ...

External links

• Nieuw Rechts
• Nieuw Rechts Rotterdam
• Weblog Michiel Smit
• Jong Rechts 'Young Right' - the youth section of the party.