Belang van Nederland (Dutch pronunciation: [bəˈlɑŋ vɑ ˈneːdərlɑnt]; lit.

In May 2021, Van Haga announced that he split from FvD in response to a poster it had released which compared the COVID-19 lockdown to the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands.

[15] Notable individuals on the party's candidate list were former 50PLUS politician Henk Krol and MMA fighter Alistair Overeem.

[1][18] BVNL also claims that individual liberty, freedom and the protection of Dutch history, cultural identity, and interests as the main cornerstones of its policies.

[6][citation needed] The party is also opposed to some of the COVID-19 lockdown measures taken by the Dutch government, arguing that social and economic collateral damage was not taken into proper consideration.