Anti-fascist action group AFA might be planning to sabotage meetings by Dutch right wing parties. The Dutch Intelligence Service has warned local councils that the organisation might try to target meetings of right wing parties participating in the Dutch municipal elections in March.

The AFA was founded in 1992 and started out as a group of violent protesters. It has recently expanded its activities to lobbying.

According to the Intelligence Agency, AFA members sometimes pass themselves off as representatives of anti-discrimination agencies. They approach venue owners and advise them against allowing rightwing meetings to take place on their property, pointing out the potential damage such events might cause.

The AFA have also been known to infiltrate rightwing organisations in order to obtain candidates' personal information. They also organise counter-protests during rightwing meetings and marches.

The parties targeted by the AFA in the municipal elections range from the traditional far-right party NVU to the more recently established populist parties like Geert Wilders' Freedom Party and Rita Verdonk’s Proud of the Netherlands.
 

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