Meet the parties fighting for power in the European elections euractiv.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from euractiv.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Little enthusiasm for EU elections in the Netherlands, where 20 parties will campaign nltimes.nl - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nltimes.nl Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
GroenLinks-PvdA chairman Frans Timmermans is "worried" about a right-wing coalition should his party not win the most votes in the parliamentary elections. If a party wins the elections and takes the lead in forming a coalition, "you are not so easily looked at if you come from the left," Timmermans notes.
Two new political parties have registered with the Electoral Council to participate in the parliamentary elections on November 22. One of them is Nieuw Sociaal Contract, parliamentarian Pieter Omtzigt’s party. The other newcomer is called Algemene Politieke Partij Nederland, the Electoral Council announced on Monday.