Baudet was born in Heemstede into a family of partial Walloon ancestry. His forefather, Pierre Joseph Baudet, immigrated to the Batavian Republic in 1795 when his home in Hainaut was annexed by the French Republic, fleeing from conscription into the French Army. Baudet’s great-great-grandmother, Ernestine van Heemskerck, was born in the Dutch East Indies and was of partly Indonesian parentage.NEWS,ontdekjouwverhaal.nl/nieuws/52782-2/,web.archive.org/web/20180713233213/https://ontdekjouwverhaal.nl/nieuws/52782-2/, 2018-07-13, Peter Fasol, De genealogie van Thierry Baudet, Nederlandse Genealogische Vereniging, 2018-07-13, nl-NL, Baudet attended a Haarlem gymnasium, a college preparatory school with compulsory Latin and Ancient Greek.WEB, Faber, Sebastiaan,www.thenation.com/article/archive/is-dutch-bad-boy-thierry-baudet-the-new-face-of-the-european-alt-right/, Baudet the New Face of the European Alt-Right?, 5 April 2018, thenation.com, 27 April 2020, 15 May 2020,web.archive.org/web/20200515114009/https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/is-dutch-bad-boy-thierry-baudet-the-new-face-of-the-european-alt-right/, live, His first degree, from the University of Amsterdam, was in history, and from 2007 to 2012 he was a PhD student at Leiden University, where in 2012 he graduated as a Doctor of Philosophy with a thesis on national identity, European identity, and multiculturalism.WEB,www.parlement.com/id/vjuuhtscjwpn/t_h_ph_thierry_baudet, Dr. T.H.Ph. (Thierry) Baudet, 1 March 2017, 2 March 2016, Parlementair Documentatiecentrum (PDC), University of Leiden, nl, 2 March 2017,web.archive.org/web/20170302030218/https://www.parlement.com/id/vjuuhtscjwpn/t_h_ph_thierry_baudet, live, The dissertation was directed by Leiden professor Paul CliteurNEWS,www.parool.nl/nederland/leegloop-bij-forum-voor-democratie-ook-paul-cliteur-stapt-op~b019ae70/?referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F, Het Parool, 31 July 2022, 24 November 2020, Leegloop bij Forum voor Democratie: ook Paul Cliteur stapt op, Peter, Winterman, nl, and the British philosopher Roger Scruton and was published in Dutch as De aanval op de natiestaat (The Attack on the Nation-State). An English translation was also published, called The Significance of Borders.

Career

(File:Baudet-2020.jpg|thumb|upright|Baudet in 2020)Baudet was a post-doctoral fellow at Tilburg University in 2013. He also wrote a newspaper column in NRC Handelsblad from 2011 to 2012.In 2016, he founded the Forum for Democracy (FvD, ), which became a political party, and he was elected along with Theo Hiddema to the House of Representatives in the 2017 general election.WEB, Verdun, Amy, 16 April 2019, The Rise of Thierry Baudet - AIIA,www.internationalaffairs.org.au/australianoutlook/rise-thierry-baudet/, live,web.archive.org/web/20201024023814/https://www.internationalaffairs.org.au/australianoutlook/rise-thierry-baudet/, October 24, 2020, 2021-04-02, Australian Institute of International Affairs, WEB, Lotto Persio, Sofia, 2017-03-16, Why Dutch election results mean Geert Wilders lost, but populism hasn’t,www.ibtimes.co.uk/why-dutch-election-results-mean-geert-wilders-lost-populism-hasnt-1611958, live,www.ibtimes.co.uk/why-dutch-election-results-mean-geert-wilders-lost-populism-hasnt-1611958," title="web.archive.org/web/20170322142710www.ibtimes.co.uk/why-dutch-election-results-mean-geert-wilders-lost-populism-hasnt-1611958,">web.archive.org/web/20170322142710www.ibtimes.co.uk/why-dutch-election-results-mean-geert-wilders-lost-populism-hasnt-1611958, March 22, 2017, 2021-04-02, International Business Times, Baudet had his personal piano installed in his parliamentary office in the Hague. In 2018, he said that his current girlfriend was an Iranian refugee.In 2018, he was awarded the Prize for Liberty by the Flemish classical-liberal think tank Libera!.WEB, Cochez, Tom, 2019-05-22, Klimaatontkenners in Vlaanderen: het netwerk ontrafeld,www.apache.be/2019/05/22/klimaatontkenners-in-vlaanderen-het-netwerk-ontrafeld, 2023-06-14, www.apache.be, nl, 3 October 2023,web.archive.org/web/20231003093333/https://www.apache.be/2019/05/22/klimaatontkenners-in-vlaanderen-het-netwerk-ontrafeld, live, On 26 October 2023, Baudet was assaulted with an umbrella upon his arrival at Ghent University.NEWS, 26 October 2023, Thierry Baudet op hoofd geslagen bij ingang Universiteit Gent, lezing doorgegaan,nos.nl/artikel/2495501-thierry-baudet-op-hoofd-geslagen-bij-ingang-universiteit-gent-lezing-doorgegaan, Nederlandse Omroep Stichting, NOS, nl, 26 October 2023, 27 October 2023,web.archive.org/web/20231027015116/https://nos.nl/artikel/2495501-thierry-baudet-op-hoofd-geslagen-bij-ingang-universiteit-gent-lezing-doorgegaan, live, NEWS, 26 October 2023, Nederlandse politicus Thierry Baudet krijgt klap op het hoofd net voor lezing aan UGent,www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2023/10/26/thierry-baudet-aangevallen-bij-aankomst-ugent/, VRT (broadcaster), VRT, nl, 26 October 2023, 26 October 2023,web.archive.org/web/20231026193256/https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2023/10/26/thierry-baudet-aangevallen-bij-aankomst-ugent/, live, On 20 November 2023, Baudet was hospitalized after being attacked with a bottle at a cafe in Groningen.WEB, Thierry Baudet opnieuw aangevallen: man opgepakt, RTL Nieuws, 20 November 2023, Dutch,www.rtlnieuws.nl/nieuws/nederland/artikel/5419863/thierry-baudet-opnieuw-aangevallen-evenement-forum-voor-democratie, 20 November 2023, 21 November 2023,web.archive.org/web/20231121035143/https://www.rtlnieuws.nl/nieuws/nederland/artikel/5419863/thierry-baudet-opnieuw-aangevallen-evenement-forum-voor-democratie, live,

Political views

At the start of his political career, Baudet was a national conservative and Eurosceptic, advocating for both the Netherlands’ exit from the European Union and the eventual dissolution of the EU and campaiging against unskilled immigration into the Netherlands. In a speech he described immigration as causing a homeopathic dilutionWEB,www.nporadio1.nl/fragmenten/dit-is-de-dag/419075af-6edd-42a5-a6c8-2b00bd949d6d/2017-03-17-baudet-snapt-ophef-om-homeopatische-verdunning-niet, Baudet snapt ophef om ‘homeopatische verdunning’ niet - Dit is de Dag, NPO Radio 1, 18 October 2022, 18 October 2022,web.archive.org/web/20221018153607/https://www.nporadio1.nl/fragmenten/dit-is-de-dag/419075af-6edd-42a5-a6c8-2b00bd949d6d/2017-03-17-baudet-snapt-ophef-om-homeopatische-verdunning-niet, live, of the Dutch culture, and in an interview said he wants to preserve the native cultures and ethnicities of Europe as they are.WEB,www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpBzt9PyU5w, Thierry Baudet: “Ik wil graag dat Europa dominant blank, en cultureel blijft zoals het is.”, Allochtoons, 22 September 2017, YouTube, 30 January 2018, 9 January 2020,web.archive.org/web/20200109015205/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpBzt9PyU5w, live, In 2017, Baudet expressed admiration for murdered Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn, and both ideological and personality comparisons between the two men were made by both Dutch and overseas media.WEB, Lanni, Alessandro, The Dandy Thierry Baudet and the new Dutch Populism. An Interview with Sarah de Lange,www.resetdoc.org/story/dandy-thierry-baudet-new-dutch-populism-interview-sarah-de-lange/, ResetDOC, 28 April 2019, 24 November 2020, 8 April 2023,web.archive.org/web/20230408222231/https://www.resetdoc.org/story/dandy-thierry-baudet-new-dutch-populism-interview-sarah-de-lange/, live, NEWS,www.dw.com/en/thierry-baudet-the-new-face-of-the-euroskeptic-dutch-right/a-48012429, Thierry Baudet: The new face of the euroskeptic Dutch right, Deutsche Welle, 24 November 2020, 26 December 2020,web.archive.org/web/20201226035841/https://www.dw.com/en/thierry-baudet-the-new-face-of-the-euroskeptic-dutch-right/a-48012429, live, Since 2020, journalists, political analysts and former political acquaintances of Baudet have described his views as having shifted from conservatism and Dutch nationalism to conspiracy theories, radicalism and in some cases neo-fascist and antisemitic opinions.BOOK, 2022-10-19, 2022-10-19,web.archive.org/web/20221019220059/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VI8I0rJjup8&t=854s, 2022-10-17, en, Geopolitics & Empire, Thierry Baudet: We Must Develop More Courage to Counter Globalism,www.youtube.com/watch?v=VI8I0rJjup8&t=854s, live, www.chesdata.eu/2019-chapel-hill-expert-survey" title="web.archive.org/web/20201230133919www.chesdata.eu/2019-chapel-hill-expert-survey">2019 Chapel Hill expert survey, ChesdataWEB, 2021-08-08, 2021-08-08,web.archive.org/web/20210808141406/https://www.nu.nl/weekend/5816661/hoe-rechts-is-thierry-baudet.html, 2019-03-29, NU.nl, Hoe rechts is Thierry Baudet?,www.nu.nl/weekend/5816661/hoe-rechts-is-thierry-baudet.html, live, WEB, 2022-03-14, 2022-03-14,web.archive.org/web/20220314204932/https://www.trouw.nl/politiek/de-zin-en-onzin-van-de-jaren-30-vergelijking-zitten-er-fascisten-in-de-tweede-kamer~b5947a1a/, 2022-02-02, Wendelmoet, Boersema, De zin en onzin van de jaren-30-vergelijking: Zitten er fascisten in de Tweede Kamer?,www.trouw.nl/gs-b5947a1a, live, Trouw,

Foreign policy

Baudet is opposed to the European Unionâ€“Ukraine Association Agreement. Together with GeenStijl and the BurgercomitÃ© EU association, Forum for Democracy was one of the behind the campaign to collect the signatures required for the 2016 Dutch Ukraineâ€“European Union Association Agreement referendum. Baudet and Forum for Democracy campaigned for the “No“-vote in this referendum.NEWS, Ze delen weinig, behalve een diepe afkeer van Europa, NRC,www.nrc.nl/next/2016/03/07/ze-delen-weinig-behalve-een-diepe-afkeer-van-euro-1596081, dutch original “De belangrijkste vertegenwoordigers van de andere groep â€“ bovenal een ‘nee’ â€“ zijn het BurgercomitÃ© EU en Forum voor Democratie van opiniemaker Thierry Baudet.” English translation: “The most important representatives of the other group, above all a no are the Civil Committee EU and the Forum for Democracy of opinion maker Thierry Baudet”, NRC Handelsblad, 7 March 2016, 20 March 2016, nl, 30 June 2016,www.nrc.nl/next/2016/03/07/ze-delen-weinig-behalve-een-diepe-afkeer-van-euro-1596081," title="web.archive.org/web/20160630040608www.nrc.nl/next/2016/03/07/ze-delen-weinig-behalve-een-diepe-afkeer-van-euro-1596081,">web.archive.org/web/20160630040608www.nrc.nl/next/2016/03/07/ze-delen-weinig-behalve-een-diepe-afkeer-van-euro-1596081, live, Niemantsverdriet, Thijs, During the campaign, Baudet at multiple occasions spread fake news, including false reports of purported crimes by the Ukrainian military, and associated himself with pro-Russian activist Vladimir Kornilov.WEB, Fake News, Fake Ukrainians: How a Group of Russians Tilted a Dutch Vote,www.nytimes.com/2017/02/16/world/europe/russia-ukraine-fake-news-dutch-vote.html, 16 February 2017, The New York Times, 19 September 2022, 29 March 2021,web.archive.org/web/20210329043429/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/16/world/europe/russia-ukraine-fake-news-dutch-vote.html, live, In November 2016, Baudet co-signed a letter, initiated by the journalists Billy Six and Joost NiemÃ¶ller, which questioned the independence of the MH17 investigations and requested Donald Trump to press for a new investigation.WEB, 23 January 2017, OPEN BRIEF AAN TRUMP: ‘Start nu objectief onderzoek naar MH17’,joostniemoller.nl/2017/01/open-brief-aan-trump-start-nu-objectief-onderzoek-naar-mh17/, live,web.archive.org/web/20211105082418/https://joostniemoller.nl/2017/01/open-brief-aan-trump-start-nu-objectief-onderzoek-naar-mh17/, 5 November 2021, This led to criticism from surviving relatives.WEB, 31 January 2017, Baudet vraagt Trump om nieuw onderzoek naar MH17, nabestaanden geschokt,www.volkskrant.nl/nieuws-achtergrond/baudet-vraagt-trump-om-nieuw-onderzoek-naar-mh17-nabestaanden-geschokt~b2d43e0b/, live,web.archive.org/web/20180623214017/https://www.volkskrant.nl/nieuws-achtergrond/baudet-vraagt-trump-om-nieuw-onderzoek-naar-mh17-nabestaanden-geschokt~b2d43e0b/, 23 June 2018, de Volkskrant, In May 2018, he supported the Dutch cabinet in holding Russia accountable for the MH17 shootdown incident.WEB, 31 May 2018, Baudet bekent kleur in MH17-debat,www.volkskrant.nl/nieuws-achtergrond/baudet-bekent-kleur-in-mh17-debat~b473e320/, live,web.archive.org/web/20201028163934/https://www.volkskrant.nl/nieuws-achtergrond/baudet-bekent-kleur-in-mh17-debat~b473e320/, 28 October 2020, de Volkskrant, Baudet’s WhatsApp chats were leaked to the media in 2020; these revealed his close contacts with Vladimir Kornilov, who Baudet described as “a Russian paid by Putin”, and demonstrated a significant influence of Kornilov on Baudet’s actions on Ukraine, the referendum and future anti-NATO campaigns.NEWS, Wat zit er achter Baudets flirt met Rusland?,www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2020/04/16/wat-zit-er-achter-baudets-flirt-met-rusland-a3997009, 16 April 2020, NRC, 19 September 2022, 13 November 2020,web.archive.org/web/20201113121913/https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2020/04/16/wat-zit-er-achter-baudets-flirt-met-rusland-a3997009, live, Wijnen, Philip de Witt, In the chats with his FvD colleagues, Baudet also alluded to financial support from Kornilov. Baudet disagreed with the conclusions drawn from these texts, and said that the text messages were quoted out of context.WEB,euobserver.com/foreign/148099, WhatsApp leak exposes Russia link to Dutch far right, EUobserver, 17 April 2020, 2020-04-18, 25 August 2021,web.archive.org/web/20210825224751/https://euobserver.com/foreign/148099, live, In February 2022, after Russia officially recognized separatist regions in Ukraine as independent nations and deployed military troops to the Donbas, Baudet voiced his approval of Vladimir Putin’s actions.WEB,www.volkskrant.nl/cultuur-media/tijdens-eerste-kennismaking-met-omroep-ongehoord-nederland-klinkt-radicaal-rechts-volop-door~b3a221bc6/, Tijdens eerste kennismaking met omroep Ongehoord Nederland klinkt radicaal-rechts volop door, Hassan, Bahara, 22 February 2022, volkskrant.nl/, 23 February 2022, 23 February 2022,web.archive.org/web/20220223221709/https://www.volkskrant.nl/cultuur-media/tijdens-eerste-kennismaking-met-omroep-ongehoord-nederland-klinkt-radicaal-rechts-volop-door~b3a221bc6/, live, On 24 February 2022, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Baudet stated that Russia was “unnecessarily being vilified”.WEB,nos.nl/collectie/13888/liveblog/2418619-rutte-maximale-sancties-tegen-rusland-oekrainers-slaan-op-de-vlucht, Rutte: maximale sancties tegen Rusland â€¢ OekraÃ¯ners slaan op de vlucht, 24 February 2022, nos.nl/,web.archive.org/web/20220224104619/https://nos.nl/collectie/13888/liveblog/2418619-rutte-maximale-sancties-tegen-rusland-oekrainers-slaan-op-de-vlucht, 24 February 2022, dead, During a debate in parliament on February 28, he explicitly refused to condemn the invasion.WEB,nos.nl/collectie/13888/liveblog/2419177-rutte-poetins-agressie-halt-toeroepen-tientallen-doden-in-charkov, Rutte: Poetins agressie halt toeroepen â€¢ ‘Tientallen doden in Charkov’, 28 February 2022, nos.nl/,web.archive.org/web/20220228124021/https://nos.nl/collectie/13888/liveblog/2419177-rutte-poetins-agressie-halt-toeroepen-tientallen-doden-in-charkov, 28 February 2022, dead, In August 2022, Baudet described Putin as “a huge hero” fighting a “heroic” fight against “globalists”.NEWS,www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2022/09/14/baudets-adviseur-john-laughland-is-geen-verlengstuk-van-de-russen-zegt-ie-zelf-a4141938, Baudets adviseur John Laughland is gÃ©Ã©n verlengstuk van de Russen. Zegt-ie zelf, Wilmer, Heck, 14 September 2022, NRC, 15 September 2022, 15 September 2022,web.archive.org/web/20220915113942/https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2022/09/14/baudets-adviseur-john-laughland-is-geen-verlengstuk-van-de-russen-zegt-ie-zelf-a4141938, live, At the start of his career Baudet held strongly pro-Israel views. However, these changed after 2023 Israel-Hamas war with Baudent praising DENK’s (a party accused of Islamist and Turkish nationalist sympathies) views on the conflict.WEB, CIDI, FVD wederom kritisch op Nederlandse waarschuwingen aan Israel, 6 May 2020,www.cidi.nl/fvd-wederom-kritisch-op-nederlandse-waarschuwingen-aan-israel/, NEWS, NRC,www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2023/10/11/baudet-steunt-israel-niet-meer-en-hij-is-niet-de-enige-er-is-een-vibe-op-rechts-gaande-a4176933, Baudet steunt IsraÃ«l niet meer, en dat is exemplarisch voor een kentering op de radicaal-rechtse flank, 11 October 2023, NEWS, Nieuwneuws, Video: Baudet schaart zich achter IsraÃ«l-standpunt DENK: ‘Inspirerend verhaal’, 11 October 2023,www.nieuwnieuws.nl/artikel/politiek/video-baudet-schaart-zich-achter-israel-standpunt-denk-inspirerend-verhaal/36013,

Arts and religion

Baudet has strong opinions on the arts, the topic of his book Oikofobie; he considers non-Western art and Western post-1900 modernism in visual arts inferior to Western Realism, encourages education and programmation of tonal music opposed to atonal music, and dislikes modern post-1950 architecture. In reaction to this, musicologist Yuri Landman warned Baudet for approaching the concept of degenerate art with his conservative criticism.WEB,frnkfrt.net/de-muzikale-dyslexie-van-thierry-baudet-c63753eede31, De Muzikale Dyslexie van Thierry Baudet, Yuri, Landman, 27 March 2017, frnkfrt.net/, {{Dead link|date=March 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}Baudet is not religious, but he expressed sympathy for Christianity on several occasions. In an interview in 2017, he called himself an “agnostic cultural Christian”.{{in lang|nl}} Thierry Baudet pleit voor herwaardering christendom {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221024192227cvandaag.nl/60959-thierry-baudet-pleit-voor-herwaardering-christendom?viacip=true |date=24 October 2022 }}, cvandaag.nl, 15 February 2017 In an interview in 2022, however, he distanced himself from Christianity, saying it’s a belief “for losers” that “lacks masculinity” and claimed his views align more to Paganism.Dutch MP Baudet distances from Christianity {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221024192219cne.news/artikel/1872-dutch-mp-baudet-distances-from-christianity |date=24 October 2022 }}, ‘’CNE News”, 19 October 2022Baudet has been critical of Islam and expressed concern about both high levels and lack of assimilation of migrants from Islamic societies. In a 2017 interview, he expressed disagreement with the proposals made by another Dutch politician, Geert Wilders, to ban copies of the Quran. Meanwhile, he also praised Wilders as someone who “has put on the agenda the significant problem that we have with radical Islam in our time and Muslim immigration”.{{citation needed|date=February 2022}} Baudet has called for Islamic schools in the Netherlands to subscribe to Western values. He has criticised both Dutch and wider European handling of immigration and assimilation. During the 2017 Dutch general election, Baudet was one of the few Dutch politicians who said he would form a coalition with Wilders’ Party for Freedom.WEB, Slater, Tom, ‘The Dutch are sick of being lied to’: Meet the man hoping to be kingmaker in the Dutch elections,www.spiked-online.com/2017/03/14/the-dutch-are-sick-of-being-lied-to/, Spiked (magazine), Spiked, 14 March 2017, 19 April 2020, 6 July 2022,web.archive.org/web/20220706223033/https://www.spiked-online.com/2017/03/14/the-dutch-are-sick-of-being-lied-to/, live,

Dutch political system

Baudet frequently speaks about the perceived existence of a “party cartel”, in which the main ruling parties of the Netherlands divide power among themselves and conspire towards the same goals, despite claiming to be competitors.WEB, Chaffin, Joshua, Populists seize the moment as Dutch fall out of love with EU,www.ft.com/content/4520bb4c-07e3-11e7-97d1-5e720a26771b, Financial Times, 14 March 2017, 9 September 2017, 9 September 2017,web.archive.org/web/20170909233928/https://www.ft.com/content/4520bb4c-07e3-11e7-97d1-5e720a26771b, live,

Controversies

In February 2018, Baudet was confronted with the question of whether there is a relation between IQ and race in a debate with Femke Halsema. Hiddema and the number two on Baudet’s party list for the 2018 Dutch municipal elections in Amsterdam, Yernaz Ramautarsing, stated they believed it to be true while Baudet refused to answer the question. Deputy Prime Minister Kajsa Ollongren stated that Forum for Democracy is a bigger threat than the Party for Freedom and that members have an unhealthy fascination for race differences; Baudet made a complaint for defamation at an Amsterdam police station. Hiddema supported him as his advocate.NEWS,www.telegraaf.nl/nieuws/1624498/baudet-aangifte-wegens-smaad-en-laster, Baudet aangifte small en laster, nl, De Telegraaf, 3 February 2018, 9 February 2018, 10 February 2018,web.archive.org/web/20180210002458/https://www.telegraaf.nl/nieuws/1624498/baudet-aangifte-wegens-smaad-en-laster, live, In February 2021, Elsevier reported it had uncovered WhatsApp messages sent by Baudet to fellow party members, in which he claims white people have a higher IQ than Hispanics and African-Americans. Baudet and several other members reportedly also sent messages in which they used racial slurs and expressed their opposition to interracial relationships.WEB,www.ewmagazine.nl/nederland/achtergrond/2021/02/thierry-baudet-je-zus-met-een-neger-804032/, Thierry Baudet: ‘Je zus met een neger?’, Eric, Vrijsen, 9 February 2021, ewmagazine.nl/, 4 June 2021, 4 June 2021,web.archive.org/web/20210604115535/https://www.ewmagazine.nl/nederland/achtergrond/2021/02/thierry-baudet-je-zus-met-een-neger-804032/, live, WEB,nos.nl/artikel/2367965-elsevier-weekblad-baudet-verstuurde-zelf-ook-racistische-appjes, Elsevier Weekblad: Baudet verstuurde zelf ook racistische appjes, 9 February 2021, nos.nl/, 4 June 2021, 4 June 2021,web.archive.org/web/20210604115531/https://nos.nl/artikel/2367965-elsevier-weekblad-baudet-verstuurde-zelf-ook-racistische-appjes, live, Baudet is an adherent of the Cultural Marxism conspiracy theoryNEWS,www.nporadio1.nl/opinie-commentaar/5538-de-term-cultuur-marxisme-leidt-alleen-maar-tot-verwarring, NPO Radio 1, nl, 23 May 2019, De term ‘Cultureel Marxisme’ leidt alleen maar tot verwarring, 29 August 2017, Arend Jan, Boekestijn, 24 May 2019,web.archive.org/web/20190524043252/https://www.nporadio1.nl/opinie-commentaar/5538-de-term-cultuur-marxisme-leidt-alleen-maar-tot-verwarring, live, NEWS,www.trouw.nl/religie-en-filosofie/met-cultuur-marxisme-kun-je-alle-kanten-op~acd5fef6/, Trouw, nl, 23 May 2019, Met cultuur-marxisme kun je alle kanten op, 1 May 2019, Leonie, Breebaart, 24 May 2019,web.archive.org/web/20190524043253/https://www.trouw.nl/religie-en-filosofie/met-cultuur-marxisme-kun-je-alle-kanten-op~acd5fef6/, live, NEWS,www.volkskrant.nl/nieuws-achtergrond/er-is-een-complot-tegen-de-europese-mens-gaande~b79612f9/?referer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F, de Volkskrant, nl, 23 May 2019, ‘Er is een complot tegen de Europese mens gaande’, 1 May 2019, Peter, Giesen, that suggests a calculated effort to destroy Western culture by academic and intellectual means.WEB, Skidmore College: Column: Force Fields,cms.skidmore.edu/salmagundi/backissues/168-169/martin-jay-frankfurt-school-as-scapegoat.cfm,cms.skidmore.edu/salmagundi/backissues/168-169/martin-jay-frankfurt-school-as-scapegoat.cfm," title="web.archive.org/web/20111124045123cms.skidmore.edu/salmagundi/backissues/168-169/martin-jay-frankfurt-school-as-scapegoat.cfm,">web.archive.org/web/20111124045123cms.skidmore.edu/salmagundi/backissues/168-169/martin-jay-frankfurt-school-as-scapegoat.cfm, dead, 2011-11-24, 2011-11-24, 2019-03-23, BOOK, The post-war Anglo-American far right: a special relationship of hate, 17 October 2014, Jackson, Paul, Shekhovtsov, Anton, 9781137396211, Basingstoke, 890161379, BOOK, Cultures of Post-War British Fascism, 2015, Routledge, Copsey, Nigel, Richardson, John E., 9781138846838, 890758276, WEB, ‘Cultural Marxism’ Catching On,www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2003/cultural-marxism-catching, Southern Poverty Law Center, 2019-03-23, 30 September 2018,web.archive.org/web/20180930043851/https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2003/cultural-marxism-catching, live, Baudet accuses the European Union of being “a Cultural Marxist project, with the aim of destroying European Civilization”.TWEET, thierrybaudet, Baudet, Thierry, 899162815176605696, 2017-08-20, Omdat de Europese Unie een cultuurmarxistisch project is dat tot doel heeft de vernietiging van de Europese beschaving.t.co/viDjPlokSR, nl, 23 April 2018,web.archive.org/web/20180423110527/https://twitter.com/thierrybaudet/status/899162815176605696, 2019-03-23, Baudet has stated that COVID-19 was introduced by George Soros to “steal freedom”, a claim he denies. He has also allegedly made anti-semitic comments. Following these claims in November 2020, published by one of his party’s Senators, Baudet temporarily resigned as leader of the party and the party allegedly split.{{citation|title=Complotdenken typeert Baudet beter dan antisemitisme|date=4 December 2020|url=https://www.volkskrant.nl/columns-opinie/complotdenken-typeert-baudet-beter-dan-antisemitisme~b85035c4/|publisher=Volkskrant|access-date=8 December 2020|archive-date=21 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021102702www.volkskrant.nl/columns-opinie/complotdenken-typeert-baudet-beter-dan-antisemitisme~b85035c4/|url-status=live}}NEWS,www.dutchnews.nl/news/2020/12/thierry-baudet-wins-popular-vote-to-stay-on-as-leader-of-far-right-fvd/, Thierry Baudet wins popular vote to stay on as leader of far right FvD, 4 December 2020, DutchNews.nl, 8 December 2020, 9 December 2020,web.archive.org/web/20201209011813/https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2020/12/thierry-baudet-wins-popular-vote-to-stay-on-as-leader-of-far-right-fvd/, live, Soon he returned as party leader, but by then many party members had left Forum for Democracy, including the majority of the Senators and all of the party’s members of the European Parliament.In 2021, Baudet responded to an article about the migrant population of Brussels by tweeting that an “escape-strategy, Madagascar or something” was needed. This was widely perceived as a reference to the Madagascar Plan, the plan by the government of Nazi Germany to forcibly relocate the entire European Jewish population to Madagascar.WEB,www.trouw.nl/politiek/baudets-laatste-provocatie-leidt-tot-eensgezinde-afkeer-fouter-dan-fout~b16bb7fc/, Baudets laatste provocatie leidt tot eensgezinde afkeer. ‘Fouter dan fout’, Niels, Markus, 3 May 2021, trouw.nl/, 3 May 2021, 5 May 2021,web.archive.org/web/20210505181454/https://www.trouw.nl/politiek/baudets-laatste-provocatie-leidt-tot-eensgezinde-afkeer-fouter-dan-fout~b16bb7fc/, live, NEWS,www.volkskrant.nl/nieuws-achtergrond/baudet-wekt-massale-verontwaardiging-met-bevrijdingsposter~b255fe11/, Baudet wekt massale verontwaardiging met ‘bevrijdingsposter’, Raoul, du PrÃ©, 3 May 2021, De Volkskrant, 3 May 2021, 3 May 2021,web.archive.org/web/20210503093637/https://www.volkskrant.nl/nieuws-achtergrond/baudet-wekt-massale-verontwaardiging-met-bevrijdingsposter~b255fe11/, live, WEB,www.hpdetijd.nl/columns/thierry-baudet-koestert-wel-degelijk-nazistische-sympathieen/, Thierry Baudet koestert wel degelijk nazistische sympathieÃ«n, Ilja Leonard, Pfeijffer, 28 April 2021, hpdetijd.nl/, 3 May 2021, 2 May 2021,web.archive.org/web/20210502030819/https://www.hpdetijd.nl/columns/thierry-baudet-koestert-wel-degelijk-nazistische-sympathieen/, live, WEB,joop.bnnvara.nl/nieuws/invloed-extreemrechts-in-nederland-groeit-kans-op-aanslag-aannemelijk, Invloed extreemrechts in Nederland groeit, kans op aanslag aannemelijk, 29 April 2021, joop.bnnvara.nl/, 3 May 2021, 29 April 2021,web.archive.org/web/20210429150158/https://joop.bnnvara.nl/nieuws/invloed-extreemrechts-in-nederland-groeit-kans-op-aanslag-aannemelijk, live, Baudet and Members of Parliament of his party have repeatedly compared measures to combat the spread of COVID-19 to the persecution of Jews by Nazi Germany. In May 2021, this led to another split in the party.NEWS, De Witt Wijnen, Philip, Rutten, Rik, Thierry Baudet zorgt met zijn ophef en provocaties opnieuw voor een breuk in zijn partij,www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2021/05/13/thierry-baudet-zorgt-met-zijn-ophef-en-provocaties-opnieuw-voor-een-breuk-in-zijn-partij-a4043496, NRC, 13 May 2021, 24 September 2021, 24 September 2021,web.archive.org/web/20210924133236/https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2021/05/13/thierry-baudet-zorgt-met-zijn-ophef-en-provocaties-opnieuw-voor-een-breuk-in-zijn-partij-a4043496, live, In September 2021, Baudet attended a protest against the measures to combat COVID-19, in which several protesters wore Jewish badges, which drew condemnation.WEB,nos.nl/artikel/2396802-halsema-jodensterren-bij-coronaprotest-dieptriest, Halsema: Jodensterren bij coronaprotest dieptriest, 6 September 2021, nos.nl/, 24 September 2021, 24 September 2021,web.archive.org/web/20210924133237/https://nos.nl/artikel/2396802-halsema-jodensterren-bij-coronaprotest-dieptriest, live, NEWS,www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2021/09/05/overheid-wil-totale-controle-a4057187, Afkeer tegen coronabeleid brengt betogers op de Dam bijeen, ondanks hun verschillen, Chris, Hensen, 5 September 2021, NRC, 24 September 2021, 24 September 2021,web.archive.org/web/20210924133236/https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2021/09/05/overheid-wil-totale-controle-a4057187, live, This led five Jewish organisations to ask parliament to explicitly distance itself from comparisons of the measures with the persecution of Jews and the Holocaust.WEB,nos.nl/artikel/2398368-joodse-organisaties-kamer-moet-zich-uitspreken-tegen-vergelijking-holocaust-en-corona, Joodse organisaties: Kamer moet zich uitspreken tegen vergelijking Holocaust en corona, 19 September 2021, nos.nl/, 24 September 2021, 24 September 2021,web.archive.org/web/20210924133235/https://nos.nl/artikel/2398368-joodse-organisaties-kamer-moet-zich-uitspreken-tegen-vergelijking-holocaust-en-corona, live, In response, Baudet issued a tweet in which he stated that Jewish organisations “do not own the war”, and wrote the word Holocaust within quotation marks, which was interpreted as an antisemitic dog whistle.WEB,nos.nl/artikel/2399000-joodse-organisaties-nare-smaak-door-suggestie-baudet-over-claimen-woii, Joodse organisaties: ‘Nare smaak’ door suggestie Baudet over ‘claimen’ WOII, 23 September 2021, nos.nl/, 24 September 2021, 24 September 2021,web.archive.org/web/20210924133238/https://nos.nl/artikel/2399000-joodse-organisaties-nare-smaak-door-suggestie-baudet-over-claimen-woii, live, Baudet was widely condemned by other politicians and Jewish organisations.NEWS,www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2021/09/22/jetten-eist-excuses-van-baudet-om-holocaust-tweet-a4059380, Jetten (D66) eist excuses van Baudet om Holocaust-tweet, Pim, van den Dool, 22 September 2021, NRC, 24 September 2021, 24 September 2021,web.archive.org/web/20210924133235/https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2021/09/22/jetten-eist-excuses-van-baudet-om-holocaust-tweet-a4059380, live, WEB,nos.nl/artikel/2398933-rutte-kritisch-op-onnadenkend-aanhalen-jodenvervolging-door-baudet, Rutte kritisch op ‘onnadenkend’ aanhalen Jodenvervolging door Baudet, 23 September 2021, nos.nl/, 24 September 2021, 24 September 2021,web.archive.org/web/20210924133236/https://nos.nl/artikel/2398933-rutte-kritisch-op-onnadenkend-aanhalen-jodenvervolging-door-baudet, live, He is pro-Russian, and has said that the 2022 war in Ukraine is the fault of the West.WEB, 28 February 2022,nltimes.nl/2022/02/28/dutch-parliament-returns-recess-debate-russia-ukraine-war, Dutch parliament returns from recess to debate Russia-Ukraine war, NL Times, 17 March 2022, 8 April 2023,web.archive.org/web/20230408222238/https://nltimes.nl/2022/02/28/dutch-parliament-returns-recess-debate-russia-ukraine-war, live, WEB, Ex-Baudet colleague calls far-right leader “Manchurian candidate” for Putin support,nltimes.nl/2022/02/27/ex-baudet-colleague-calls-far-right-leader-manchurian-candidate-putin-support, 27 February 2022, NL Times, 17 March 2022, 8 April 2023,web.archive.org/web/20230408222201/https://nltimes.nl/2022/02/27/ex-baudet-colleague-calls-far-right-leader-manchurian-candidate-putin-support, live, He also stated that the September 11 attacks were false flag operations and insinuated that the Apollo 11 Moon landing was staged, both implemented by the United States government.WEB, 2022-02-04, Thierry Baudet grossiert in complotten over 9/11 en Rusland,www.ewmagazine.nl/nederland/achtergrond/2022/02/thierry-baudet-grossiert-in-complotten-over-9-11-en-rusland-868690/, 2022-10-18, EWmagazine.nl, nl, 18 October 2022,web.archive.org/web/20221018185830/https://www.ewmagazine.nl/nederland/achtergrond/2022/02/thierry-baudet-grossiert-in-complotten-over-9-11-en-rusland-868690/, live, WEB, 2023-09-20, Wilders tegen Baudet : u bent al vrij ver op weg naar de maan,nos.nl/video/2491218-wilders-tegen-baudet-u-bent-al-vrij-ver-op-weg-naar-de-maan, 2023-09-21, Nederlandse Omroep Stichting, NOS.nl, nl, 2023-09-21,web.archive.org/web/20230921194304/https://nos.nl/video/2491218-wilders-tegen-baudet-u-bent-al-vrij-ver-op-weg-naar-de-maan, live, In an October 2022 interview, Baudet promoted the conspiracy theory that the world is controlled by “evil reptilians”. He also said he was a fan of Vladimir Putin, whom he called “a hero we need”. He said the Russian president is the only one who can take on the elite. He believes Putin must win the war against Ukraine and says “we must do everything we can to support him”.WEB,geopoliticsandempire.com/2022/10/17/thierry-baudet-we-must-develop-more-courage-to-counter-globalism/, Thierry Baudet: We Must Develop More Courage to Counter Globalism, MoriÄ‡, Hrvoje, October 17, 2022, geopoliticsandempire.com, Geopolitics & Empire, 4 March 2023, 4 March 2023,web.archive.org/web/20230304104000/https://geopoliticsandempire.com/2022/10/17/thierry-baudet-we-must-develop-more-courage-to-counter-globalism/, live, Video interview containing reptilian statement by Baudet at 18m:56s - 19m:07s.WEB, 2022-10-18, Grote zorgen in de Tweede Kamer over complottheorieÃ«n Baudet,nos.nl/artikel/2448865-grote-zorgen-in-de-tweede-kamer-over-complottheorieen-baudet, 2022-10-18, nos.nl, nl, 18 October 2022,web.archive.org/web/20221018172521/https://nos.nl/artikel/2448865-grote-zorgen-in-de-tweede-kamer-over-complottheorieen-baudet, live,

Personal life

Although once identifying with cultural Christianity, Baudet has since argued that “Christianity lacks masculinity” and stated his personal religious outlook is closer to paganism.NEWS, CNE News,cne.news/article/1872-dutch-mp-baudet-distances-from-christianity, 19 October 2022, Dutch MP Baudet distances from Christianity, 29 June 2023, 29 June 2023,web.archive.org/web/20230629101438/https://cne.news/article/1872-dutch-mp-baudet-distances-from-christianity, live, Baudet claimed to have had a love affair with political commentator Eva Vlaardingerbroek in 2017.WEB,www.mediacourant.nl/2020/11/pijnlijke-tv-thierry-baudet-verdrietig-na-uitspraken-ex-geliefde/, Pijnlijke tv: Thierry Baudet verdrietig na uitspraken ex-geliefde, Media Courant, November 2020, 12 March 2023, Dutch, 11 May 2022,web.archive.org/web/20220511231613/https://www.mediacourant.nl/2020/11/pijnlijke-tv-thierry-baudet-verdrietig-na-uitspraken-ex-geliefde/, live, Vlaardingerbroek responded that it had been nothing more than a brief fling.WEB,www.linda.nl/nieuws/media/eva-vlaardingerbroek-liefdes-relatie-thierry-baudet-fling/, Eva Vlaardingerbroek over ‘liefdesrelatie’ met Thierry Baudet: ‘Het was een fling’, Linda.nl, 11 December 2020, 12 March 2023, Dutch, 12 March 2023,web.archive.org/web/20230312145308/https://www.linda.nl/nieuws/media/eva-vlaardingerbroek-liefdes-relatie-thierry-baudet-fling/, live,

Electoral history

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2012: De aanval op de natiestaat (The attack on the nation state). Prometheus/Bert Bakker.

2013: Oikofobie. De angst voor het eigene (Oikophobia. The fear of home). Prometheus/Bert Bakker.

2014: (ed. with Geert Mak) Thuis in de Tijd (At home in time). Prometheus/Bert Bakker. {{ISBN|9789035141988}}

2014: (with Arie Boomsma) Van Bach tot Bernstein. Klassieke muziek voor iedereen (From Bach to Bernstein. Classical music for everyone). {{ISBN|9789044627084}}

2014: Voorwaardelijke liefde (Conditional love. [Novel]). Amsterdam: Prometheus/Bert Bakker. {{ISBN|9789044626810}}

2017: Breek het partijkartel! De noodzaak van referenda (Break the party cartel. The necessity of referendums). Amsterdam: Prometheus/Bert Bakker. {{ISBN|9789044633689}}

2018: Van elk waarheen bevrijd (Delivered from all whereto. [Novel]). Amsterdam: Prometheus/Bert Bakker. {{ISBN|9789044637359}}

2020: Politiek van het gezond verstand (Politics of common sense). Amsterdam: Amsterdam Books. {{ISBN|9789083063010}}

2020: De ravage van tien jaar Rutte (The havoc of ten years’ Rutte). Amsterdam: Amsterdam Books. {{ISBN|9789083063041}}

References

External links

Thierry Baudet at the House of Representatives website
Thierry Baudet (in Dutch) at the Forum for Democracy website

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