] Several media outlets trumpeted that Jansen had organized a
meeting between Thierry Baudet and—Shock! Horror! “white nationalist” Jared Taylor in 2017. [
The Party’s Board of Directors met the next day to demand Freek Jansen’s resignation. Annabel Nanninga [Tweet her] the Forum’s prominent representative on the Amsterdam City Council, even demanded that the whole Youth Wing be disbanded [
Baudet’s reaction to the coup attempt stunned both the media and his rivals within the party. In the first place, he underscored his loyalty to Freek Jansen with a public, warm support at the emergency party top meeting. He defended the app group as a place where members could push the limits of a political discussion.