http://www.opendemocracy.net/democracy-newright/article_382.jsp Comments for "The sorrow of the Netherlands, Tjebbe van Tijen " en http://www.opendemocracy.net/democracy-newright/article_382.jsp The gunshot that felled Pim Fortuyn reverberated around Europe and made the politics of the Netherlands a rare focus of world attention. But the assassination was, first and foremost, a shattering event for Dutch society. Over the next eleven days, and concluding one hour before the polls opened in the general election, Tjebbe van Tijen wrote this moving exploration of its national meaning.&nbsp;<a href="http://www.opendemocracy.net/democracy-newright/article_382.jsp" class="read-more" title="Read the rest of this posting.">Read the rest of this post...</a><p><a href="http://www.opendemocracy.net/democracy-newright/article_382.jsp">read more</a></p> http://www.opendemocracy.net/democracy-newright/article_382.jsp#comment europe democracy &amp; power Original Copyright rise of the new right Tjebbe van Tijen Wed, 22 May 2002 00:00:00 +0100 382 at http://www.opendemocracy.net