Belang van Nederland

Interest of the Netherlands
Belang van Nederland
AbbreviationBVNL
LeaderWybren van Haga[1]
ChairpersonWybren van Haga[1]
Leader in the House
of Representatives		Wybren van Haga
Founders
Founded7 August 2021 (2021-08-07)
Split fromForum for Democracy
HeadquartersPalletweg 32, Haarlem
Membership (2023)Increase 6,305[2]
IdeologyRight-wing populism[3]
Conservative liberalism[1]
Classical liberalism[4][5]
Direct democracy
Euroscepticism[6]
Political positionRight-wing[7] to far-right[8][9]
Colours  Navy blue
Senate
0 / 75
House of Representatives
0 / 150
Provincial councils
0 / 570
Website
www.bvnl.nl

Belang van Nederland (Dutch pronunciation: [bəˈlɑɱ fɑn ˈneː.dərˌlɑnt]; BVNL, lit. 'Interest of the Netherlands') is a political party in the Netherlands, led by Wybren van Haga. Between 2021 and 2023, it was active in the House of Representatives as the independent Van Haga Group (Dutch: Groep Van Haga). Its three MPs split from Forum for Democracy in August 2021.[1]

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  2. ^ "Belang van Nederland (BVNL)". Rijksuniversiteit Groningen (in Dutch). 23 September 2021. Archived from the original on 17 February 2023. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
  3. ^ "Ook populistische partijen BBB, JA21, BVNL en PVV voeden steeds de haat tegen journalisten" [Populist parties BBB, JA21, BVNL and PVV also feed the hatred against journalists]. BNNVARA (in Dutch). 27 October 2022. Archived from the original on 27 October 2022. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  4. ^ "Van Haga lanceert zijn nieuwe partij: BVNL" [Van Haga launches its new party: BVNL]. Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). 7 August 2021. Archived from the original on 8 September 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  5. ^ "Nieuwe partij Van Haga gaat Belang van Nederland heten (BVNL)" [Van Haga's new party will be called Belang van Nederland (BVNL)]. Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). 2 July 2021. Archived from the original on 30 January 2022. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  6. ^ "Standpunten | BVNL | Belang van Nederland". BVNL. 3 July 2021. Archived from the original on 8 September 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  7. ^ "Niederlande: Mitte-Links Wahlbündnis von Timmermans liegt in Umfragen vorne" [Netherlands: Timmermans' centre-left electoral alliance is ahead in polls]. Euractiv (in German). 11 August 2023. Archived from the original on 24 August 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  8. ^ "What's all the fuss about the far right in the Netherlands?". Dutch News. 20 September 2023. Archived from the original on 30 September 2023. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  9. ^ Markus, Niels (13 October 2023). "Rechts van de VVD vormt zich een kluitje partijen die steeds meer op elkaar lijken" [To the right of the VVD, a cluster of parties is forming that are increasingly similar]. Trouw. Archived from the original on 2 November 2023. Retrieved 3 November 2023.