Thierry Baudet’s future as FvD leader is being decided
by referendum
Politics
December 4, 2020
Members of
far right party Forum voor Democratie have until 6pm to vote in a referendum on
whether founder Thierry Baudet should remain leader, despite being embroiled in
a row about racism and anti-Semitism. The online vote launched on Thursday and
the result is due on Friday evening, party officials say. The party claims to
have more than 45,000 members, all of whom have been emailed with a secure link
to the referendum website, although there have been some claims on social media
that people who left the party months ago have also been sent the link. The
result of the vote will be binding and likely lead to a further schism in the
party, which has been hit by a string of high profile resignations in recent
days. Among those to stand down as party representatives are senator and law
professor Paul Cliteur, senator and Amsterdam councillor Annabel Nanninga and
Theo Hiddema, the party’s other MP alongside Baudet. The party’s fortunes in
the polls have plummeted since reports of Baudet and others’ links with far
right groups have circulated as well as Baudet’s support for conspiracy
theorists such as anti-coroanvirus campaigner Willem Engel.
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