ANPFrans Timmermans NOS Nieuws•vandaag, 15:03 Frans Timmermans has a long track record as a politician. He has been a member of the European Commission since 2014, but now that he will almost certainly become the leader of the new PvdA/GroenLinks combination, he seems to be returning to The Hague. Timmermans from Limburg is known as … Read more
PvdA and GroenLinks will participate in the upcoming elections with one list and with a joint party programme. Many questions were asked about this on our response platform NUjij. Political reporter Edo van der Goot answered the most important ones. Why do the parties opt for this middle ground and not for a merger? “This … Read more
ANPJesse Piano NOS Nieuws•vandaag, 03:49 GroenLinks leader Klaver will not be the new leader of the joint list of GroenLinks and the PvdA in the upcoming parliamentary elections. In a interview with AD he says he wants to make way for a new face. Although he did aspire to it, he now says he knew … Read more
Jul 19, 2023 at 04:37 Update: an hour ago Jesse Klaver will not be the leader of the joint list of GroenLinks and PvdA in the coming elections. “If you start a new combination, it must also be led by someone new,” he says in the Wednesday AD. It is not yet clear who that … Read more
ANP NOS Nieuws•vandaag, 10:06 GroenLinks MP Corinne Ellemeet will stop as a member of the House of Representatives after the elections. In a statement on Twitter, Ellemeet writes that she wants to take a breather after “seven wonderful and very intensive years”. The 47-year-old Ellemeet has been in the House of Representatives since 2017 and … Read more
ANP / Hollandse HoogteGroenLinks leader Klaver (l) and PvdA leader Kuiken (r) upon hearing the results NOS News•today, 16:58•Edited today, 17:22 PvdA and GroenLinks will participate in the elections on 22 November with a joint list and one election programme. Last week, the members of the two parties were allowed to give their opinion in … Read more
Bert SpiertzMeindert Fennema in 2019 NOS News•today, 22:49 Thick Verkuil editor online Thick Verkuil editor online The political scientist Meindert Fennema passed away last night in his home in Amsterdam. He had been ill for some time. Fennema was 77 years old. Former professor Fennema, who was affiliated with the University of Amsterdam throughout his … Read more
The appointment of the Senate is done in a different way in the Netherlands than here. The vote is in the hands of the members of the provincial parliaments. In practice, what the Senate will look like is already determined after the elections of those provincial councils. However, Debora Fernald caused a surprise this time. … Read more
ANP In a television debate, the Labor Party and GroenLinks will take on Mark Rutte’s ‘right-wing’ VVD as a joint ‘left-wing cloud’ tonight. The left-wing parties are working together more and more closely nationally, but in the province there appears to be quite a bit of disagreement about important progressive themes. News hour last week … Read more
25 feb 2023 om 05:00Update: een uur geleden Attje Kuiken and Jesse Klaver are shocked that the VVD alludes to cutbacks. That is definitely a red line for the leaders of the PvdA and GroenLinks respectively, they say in conversation with NU.nl. “We are doing everything necessary to prevent cuts.” PvdA and GroenLinks jointly kick … Read more