Forum for Democracy

Netherlands

Forum for Democracy (Dutch: Forum voor Democratie, FvD) is a conservative and right-wing populist[32] Eurosceptic political party in the Netherlands that was initially founded as a think tank by Thierry Baudet, who acted as the party's leader since its founding in late 2016, until a controversy surrounding anti-semitic messages in the party's youth wing in November 2020, for which he took responsibility and resigned. The party first participated in elections in the 2017 general election, winning two seats in the House of Representatives. In the 2019 provincial elections, it won the most seats.