Michiel Smit | |
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 Michiel Smit (2003) | |
| Municipal Councillor inRotterdam | |
| In office 2002–2006 | |
| Municipal Councillor inLansingerland | |
| In office 2006–2007 | |
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| Born | Michiel Jorg Smit (1976-08-21)21 August 1976 (age 48) Maasland,Netherlands |
| Political party | Nieuw Rechts,Leefbaar Rotterdam |
Michiel Smit (born 21 August 1976) is a formerDutch politician who was leader ofNieuw Rechts, a far-right political party.
Michiel Smit was elected to theRotterdam city council in 2002 as a member ofLeefbaar Rotterdam. In February 2003, he came into conflict with Leefbaar-Rotterdam leaderRonald Sørensen and decided to leave the party. After leaving, he founded a new party: Nieuw Rechts.
He released his first bookNederland op z'n kop in June 2004, just before the European elections. In the book he outlines his views on Dutch society and describes what he sees as the threat of Muslim extremists in the Netherlands.
In his latest book,Veiligheid, doe het ZELF, Smit says that handguns should be legalised in the Netherlands and that doing so will lead to less violent crime.
Smit has made statements against immigration andIslam. In 2003 Smit started to cooperate with theJewish Defense League, citing the danger to both from theArab European League.[1] In the same year he demonstrated inAmsterdam against the pedophile associationVereniging MARTIJN as a leader of theActiecomité Stop MARTIJN.
In 2004, photos of Smit hanging out withwhite power skinhead friends started circulating on the internet.[2] The following year, he lost a libel case that he started against a talk show guest who had called him aneo-Nazi in 2002. The judge ruled that Smit had given ample reason for the qualification.[3]
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