Centre Party (Netherlands)

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The Centre Party (Dutch: Centrumpartij, Dutch pronunciation: [ˈsɛntrəmpɑrˌtɛi], CP) was a Dutch nationalist, right-wing extremist political party espousing an anti-immigrant program. The party was founded by Henry Brookman in 1980 and was represented by Hans Janmaat in the Dutch House of Representatives from 1982 until he was expelled from the party in 1984 and joined the more moderate Centre Democrats. Both the CP and the CD were subject to a cordon sanitaire by the other parties in the House of Representatives. After much infighting and finally legal proceedings against the party, it was declared bankrupt in 1986. The party was soon afterward succeeded by the Centre Party '86, which became increasingly radical until it was banned in 1998.

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