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August 1, 2023
PvdA parliamentarian Henk Nijboer won’t return to parliament after the election in November, he said in a letter posted on X, formerly Twitter. He is concerned about his party’s intention to run with GroenLinks. Henk Krol, former leader of 50Plus, wants to return to parliament. He will be running with Wybren van Haga’s new party BVNL in the parliamentary elections, he announced on the talk show De Oranjezomer.
April 11, 2023
Former employees of FvD described the atmosphere at the far-right party as toxic, intimidating, and unsafe. According to them, party leader Thierry Baudet regularly confronted them with racism, anti-Semitism, misogyny, and homophobia. “That literally destroyed me as a human being,” one former employee told AD.
January 20, 2022
Senate approves purchase of Rembrandt amid tax haven controversy
January 19, 2022
Questions raised over move to buy The Standard Bearer for €175m from trust in the Cook Islands
January 19, 2022
Critics worry that the government's money will pass into the seller's hands through a tax haven in the Cook Islands.
February 22, 2021
A board for the 2021 elections. Photo: Remko de Waal Netherlands has an ever-expanding range of political parties in parliament, due to the recent trend of dissidents breaking away after an intra-party row to form their own splinter group. There are also various flavours of Christianity to choose from. Here’s an alphabetical list of the 13 parties that currently hold seats in parliament, in alphabetical order, and three hopefuls which, the polls suggest, are in with a chance in the March gene...
December 31, 2020
Former member Henk Otten says no to FvD seat in parliament Photo: DutchNews.nl Henk Otten, the former Forum voor Democratie senator thrown out of the party for alleged financial impropriety, has decided not to take the vacant FvD seat in the lower house of parliament, even though he is entitled to do so. The far right party has two seats in parliament but one MP, Theo Hiddema, resigned in the wake of the row over anti-Semitism. The next few candidate MPs on the list have also said they will no...
December 24, 2020
Theo Hiddema ready to return as FVD candidate a month after quitting as MP