Skip to main content
Home

Main navigation

  • Top stories
  • Health
  • Crime
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Tech
  • Culture
  • Sports
  • Weird
  • 1-1-2
Image
Thierry Baudet
Thierry Baudet - Credit: Photo: Elekes Andor / Wikimedia Commons
Politics
Thierry Baudet
Nazi
FvD
SP
Midden-Groningen
Maarten Kluit
Han van der Vlist
Monday, January 27, 2020 - 07:46
Share this:
  • facebook
  • twitter
  • linkedin
  • whatsapp
  • reddit

Groningen politician resigns after calling populist politician a Nazi

Maarten Kluit resigned as SP leader in Midden-Groningen and his seat in the city council due to a tweet in which he called Thierry Baudet, leader of populist party FvD, a Nazi. Kluit's resignation was with immediate effect. He was succeeded by Han van der Vlist, RTV Noord reports.

The tweet was in response to a post in which Baudet accused other parties of wanting "the nation state to break down". Tweeting under the name  'Linksgekkie des Vaderlands', Kluit responded on Saturday evening: "Shut up Nazi! YOU are the greatest threat to the nation state."

Kluit removed the tweet after the national SP distanced itself from it and apologized for his word choice, but said he stands behind the statement. "I certainly see similarities between Baudet and fascism and Nazism," he said to RTV Noord. Later on Sunday, after consultations with his faction and the city council, he resigned.

Kluit has been a member of the Midden-Groningen city council or the SP since 2014. He became chairman of the faction a few weeks ago, according to NOS. The party has 5 of the 33 seats on the city council. 

Follow us:

Latest stories

  • 7 million people could lose drinking water as climate change hits Maas river: Report
  • Physicians think next Covid wave will catch Cabinet off-guard; Too little urgency
  • Addiction institute warns against life-threatening MDMA liquid
  • Mayors to arrange extra asylum shelter as long as Cabinet keeps its promises
  • Travel industry workers could fill staffing gaps at Schiphol this summer
  • Convicted crime boss Willem Holleeder sent to prison for life on appeal

Top stories

  • Consumer spending pushed Dutch economic growth in first quarter
  • Hope of EU membership big support for Ukraine, Dutch PM says
  • Transavia summer flight cancellations breaking EU rules: Consumers Assoc.
  • KLM: Most passengers with summer bookings will not face Schiphol cancellations
  • Waiting lists pushing trans teens to buy transition medicines online
  • Covid vaccines not linked to excess mortality, says Dutch stats office

© 2012-2022, NL Times, All rights reserved.

Footer menu

  • Privacy
  • Contact
  • Partner content