Democratic Political Turning Point

Democratic Political Turning Point Democratisch Politiek Keerpunt
Leader	Hero Brinkman
Chairman	Theo Reijnen (Ad interim)
Founder	Hero Brinkman
Founded	19 June 2012 (2012-06-19)
Dissolved	18 November 2012 (2012-11-18)
Merger of	Proud of the Netherlands, Independent Citizens' Party
Ideology	Conservative liberalism, classical liberalism, social conservatism, nationalism, soft euroscepticism, populism^[1]
Political position	Right-wing
Colours	Red, White, Blue & Orange
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Democratic Political Turning Point (DPK, Dutch: Democratisch Politiek Keerpunt) was a political party in the Netherlands. The party was founded by Hero Brinkman, an independent member of the House of Representatives, formerly a member of the Party for Freedom (PVV). After Brinkman left the Party for Freedom he founded the Independent Citizens' Party (OBP). On 9 June 2012, Brinkman announced that the Independent Citizens' Party was merging with the Proud of the Netherlands (TON) party to form a new party: Democratic Political Turning Point. The party participated in the Dutch general election of 2012, but did not win any seats.^[2]^[3] On 18 November 2012, TON reversed the merger and parted ways with Brinkman.^[4]

References

↑ Andeweg, R. and G. Irwin Politics and Governance in the Netherlands, Basingstoke (Palgrave) p.49
↑ (English) Populists Brinkman and TON unite, DutchNews.nl, June 9, 2012
↑ (English) New DPKP party marks a 'turning point', will fill gap on the right, DutchNews.nl, June 19, 2012
↑ "Trots op Nederland verder zonder Brinkman". De Volkskrant (in Dutch). 18 November 2012. Retrieved 31 October 2015.

Political parties in the Netherlands

House of Representatives	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (41) Labour Party (38) Party for Freedom (15) Socialist Party (15) Christian Democratic Appeal (13) Democrats 66 (12) Christian Union (5) GroenLinks (4) Reformed Political Party (3) Party for the Animals (2) 50PLUS (2)

Senate	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (13) Christian Democratic Appeal (12) Democrats 66 (10) Party for Freedom (9) Socialist Party (9) Labour Party (8) GreenLeft (4) ChristianUnion (3) Party for the Animals (2) Reformed Political Party (2) 50PLUS (2) Independent Senate Fraction (1)

European Parliament	Christian Democratic Appeal (EPP 5) Democrats 66 (ALDE 4) Party for Freedom (ENL 4) Labour Party (S&D 3) People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (ALDE 3) GreenLeft (G-EFA 2) Socialist Party (UEL-NGL 2) ChristianUnion (ECR 1) Reformed Political Party (ECR 1) Party for the Animals (UEL-NGL 1)

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