Word: partij
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...attracting applause in many corners of Europe these days. Almost a million British voters honked their horns for the BNP in June's European elections, giving the party its first two seats in the European Parliament and a corresponding boost to legitimacy and funding. In the Netherlands, Geert Wilders' Partij voor de Vrijheid (Party for Freedom, PVV) elbowed aside centrist rivals to grab second place in the Netherlands' Euro poll. Around Europe a ragbag of extremist parties, as varied as the countries that produced them yet united by a vehement nationalism that singles out minority groups as a growing threat...
Inevitably, the animosity has found political echoes. France's far-right Front National probably commands no more than 3% support nationwide, but it has made significant electoral gains in some communities with large immigrant populations. The Netherlands' ultraconservative Centrum-Partij, playing the racial theme to the hilt, finds similar support. In Britain and West Germany, right-wingers in the ruling parties have thundered ominously about racial issues, to the embarrassment of their colleagues...
...Young Java; Light of Islam; Agreement and Disagreement; and The Revival of Islam. The two great insurgent organizations are the Sarakat Islam, composed of influential Moslem merchants; and the Boedi-Oetomo, a society of Mohammedan Nationalists of all classes. Linked with these potent groups is The P. K. (Partij Kommunist) which has borrowed its name from western Communism, but closely resembles the Nationalist movement in India...
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