Who’re the representatives who began working within the Provincial Council of North Holland after the elections? Meet Laura Ouderkerken of the VVD.
Why did you grow to be a member of Parliament?
Politics is my pastime. My motivation is to have the ability to contribute one thing to the neighborhood. I’ve been in politics since I used to be 12 and was a member of the youth wing of the PvdA. My pals went out and I went to worldwide youth conferences to enhance the world. After I studied in Leeuwarden, I organized political cafés. I additionally stood as a candidate for Provincial Council there, however I used to be in too low a place to be elected.
After my research, I turned a younger mom and moved again to Alkmaar. When the youngsters bought older, I began working as a faction assistant, as a result of I nonetheless had an itch. In the end I switched from the PvdA to the VVD. I felt extra liberal and will acknowledge myself extra within the duty of liberalism. After I moved to IJmuiden, I needed to get again into politics. I used to be elected with preferential votes and abruptly discovered myself on the municipal council in 2018. That was wonderful! Throughout the brand new elections, I intentionally didn’t stand as a candidate for the municipal council and waited till the Provincial Council elections. As a result of North Holland is a province of variety: variety of entrepreneurs, cities, countryside, airport, seaports, and so forth. That is the energy of our province, but additionally a major problem. And I needed to contribute to that.
How do you want your work as a Member of Parliament?
Implausible! I feel it’s a nice honor to be a Member of Parliament and I feel it is rather cool to simply be capable to do my factor. This implies setting broad frameworks, being sharp, asking essential questions, however above all working with different events to create a extra lovely North Holland. And ideally with a little bit of enjoyable and humor, it’s a pastime in fact.
What do you wish to obtain as a politician in North Holland?
Properly, a minimum of readability concerning the PPLG (Provincial Rural Space Program). That may be a sizzling merchandise. I discover that the civil servants are actually doing very properly with this. My purpose could be for us to have extra manufacturing with the PPLG. That is solely potential if the financing can be organized, but additionally if we attain settlement with the varied events concerning the duties that play a job within the totally different areas. You’ve got nature, animal welfare, nitrogen, entrepreneurship, water. It’s so complicated to correctly weigh all pursuits. I feel it is vital that entrepreneurs can establish with the realm process at hand. I am nonetheless attempting to actually familiarize myself with the recordsdata. However I hope to make a distinction by explicitly representing farmers, gardeners, entrepreneurs and fishermen.
Over Laura
Laura (41) is the mom of two youngsters. She studied Public Administration however fell in love with civil engineering and infrastructure. She works at Rijkswaterstaat as an inner consumer for the development and upkeep work of roads and waterways in Friesland, Groningen, Drenthe and the Wadden. She visits the health club for the mandatory upkeep, enjoys snowboarding and motorcycling. On Fridays she likes to drink wine with pals or do enjoyable issues along with her boyfriend.
