Editing Pim Fortuyn (section)

===== Founding the LPF =====
Having been rejected by Livable Netherlands, Fortuyn founded his own party [[Pim Fortuyn List]] (LPF) on 14 February 2002,<ref name=":4">Hippe, J., Voerman, G., & Lucardie, A. (2004). Kroniek 2002: overzicht van partijpolitieke gebeurtenissen van het jaar 2002. In G. Voerman (editor), Jaarboek Documentatiecentrum Nederlandse Politieke Partijen 2002 (blz. 104). (Jaarboek Documentatiecentrum Nederlandse Politieke Partijen). Documentatiecentrum Nederlandse Politieke Partijen "Op 14 februari richtten zij de Politieke Vereniging ‘Lijst Pim Fortuyn’ (LPF) op."</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2002-02-15 |title=Leidsch Dagblad {{!}} 15 februari 2002 {{!}} pagina 4 |url=https://leiden.courant.nu/issue/LD/2002-02-15/edition/0/page/4?query= |access-date=2025-04-22 |website=Historische Kranten, Erfgoed Leiden en Omstreken |language=nl |quote=Pim Fortuyn doet mee aan de verkiezingen voor de tweede kamer onder de naam Lijst Pim Fortuyn. Hij heeft zijn partij gisteren ingeschreven bij de Kamer van Koophandel in Rotterdam}}</ref> taking many former LN members and supporters with him. Heading the list of the [[Livable Rotterdam]] party, considered to be the local counterpart of the LPF, he achieved a major victory in the [[Rotterdam]] municipal council elections in early March 2002 where Fortuyn was elected to Rotterdam's municipal council. The new party won about 36% of the seats, making it the largest party in the council. For the first time since the [[Second World War]], the [[Labour Party (Netherlands)|Labour Party]] was out of power in [[Rotterdam]].

Fortuyn's victory made him the subject of hundreds of interviews during the next three months, and he made many [[News release|statements]] about his [[political ideology]]. In March he released his book ''The Mess of Eight Purple Years'' (''[[De puinhopen van acht jaar Paars]]''), which criticised the current political system in the Netherlands and was used as his [[political agenda]] for the upcoming [[2002 Dutch general election|general election]]. Purple is the colour to indicate a coalition government consisting of left parties (red) and conservative-liberal parties (blue). The Netherlands had been governed by such a coalition for eight years at that time.

On 14 March 2002, Fortuyn was [[pieing|pied]] by a left-wing activist from the [[Biotic Baking Brigade]] in The Hague. As a result, Fortuyn began to express a fear of being injured or assassinated and accused members of the Dutch political establishment of encouraging violence against him.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.expatica.com/nl/news/country-news/Fortuyn-smeared-with-cake_125856.html |title=The Complete Expat Guide to the Netherlands &#124; Expatica |access-date=9 June 2018 |archive-date=12 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612142637/https://www.expatica.com/nl/news/country-news/Fortuyn-smeared-with-cake_125856.html |url-status=live }}</ref>