A city councillor in Almere has become the latest representative of the anti-immigration PVV to leave the party, citing the way the party deals with others as the main reason.

‘The tone does not fit in with my way of working,’ Marissa Visser told news agency ANP. ‘I have kind parents and was well brought up.’ Visser will keep her seat on the city council as an independent.
Almere and The Hague were the only cities where the PVV contested the last local elections in March 2010. The party took 21% of the vote in Almere and became the biggest party on the city council.
A string of local and provincial councillors have left the PVV since being elected, mainly due to differences with the party’s style of operation.