31 Facts About Freek Jansen

Freek Jansen previously chaired the FvD youth wing, the Jongerenorganisatie Forum voor Democratie.

Freek Jansen established its youth wing the following year and became its chair on 1 April 2017.

Reports about extremist messages by members of the youth wing in 2020 led to criticism of Freek Jansen and caused a split within FvD.

Freek Jansen became a member of the House of Representatives after he was elected in the 2021 general election.

Freek Jansen was reelected in 2023, before he stepped down in January 2024, ceding his seat to Pepijn van Houwelingen.

Freek Jansen was born in 1992 in the Gelderland town of Oldebroek and grew up there.

Freek Jansen studied political science at the University of Amsterdam starting in 2011.

Freek Jansen is an IT professional, and his first job was as an assistant to the clerk of the municipality of Westland.

Freek Jansen assisted Forum for Democracy when it transitioned into a political party in 2016.

Freek Jansen had first met party leader Thierry Baudet in September 2012 after Baudet's HJ Schoo-lezing, an annual lecture.

Freek Jansen founded the FvD's youth wing in 2017 and started serving as its chair.

When Forum for Democracy received a plurality of the votes in the 2019 provincial elections, Freek Jansen co-wrote Baudet's victory speech.

Freek Jansen ran for Member of the European Parliament in the 2019 election, ranking sixth on the party list, but he was not elected due to FvD winning three seats.

Forum for Democracy announced in October 2020 that Freek Jansen would be the party's seventh candidate in the 2021 general election.

Freek Jansen reacted by saying that there was no place in the organization for "racist and antisemitic ideas".

Shortly after, Forum for Democracy announced that Freek Jansen had given up his spot on the party list for the 2021 election.

Freek Jansen was sworn into the House of Representatives on 31 March 2021.

Freek Jansen stayed on as chair of the Forum for Democracy youth wing until September 2021, and he joined FvD's board as treasurer in November.

Freek Jansen was reprimanded in October 2022 by the House of Representatives for refusing to disclose his position as board member of publisher Amsterdam Media Group, while Baudet was suspended.

In early 2022, Freek Jansen declined a seat in the States of Overijssel, which was offered to him as there was a vacancy and he had been FvD's in the 2019 provincial elections.

Freek Jansen accepting the seat would have compelled him to relocate to the province.

Freek Jansen received a second term in the House after he was re-elected in 2023 as Forum for Democracy's second candidate.

Freek Jansen temporarily stepped down on 16 January 2024 to make room for Pepijn van Houwelingen to serve on the body.

Freek Jansen was Forum for Democracy's second candidate in the June 2024 European Parliament election, but the party did not secure any seats.

In speeches, Freek Jansen has complained about a moral weakening of Western civilization.

Freek Jansen has said that people have become slaves of a financial system based on debt, that society suffers from consumerism and social isolation, and that mass immigration is causing the replacement of the population by people who do not share Western culture.

Freek Jansen has called immigration an "insane demographic experiment", of which young people will experience the consequences.

Freek Jansen said that without them the Netherlands would not be suffering from crime, street disturbances, a housing shortage, and overcrowded classrooms and hospitals.

Freek Jansen has said that civilization must be saved from its downfall and that there is a choice between going under and fighting for a renaissance.

Freek Jansen believes this latter option requires a community stronger in unity with an urge to dominate.

Trouw reported that Freek Jansen has used references to the alt-right.