Two more political party leaders in the Netherlands announced on Monday their intention to exit national politics. Sylvana Simons, who leads BIJ1, and DENK's Farid Azarkan said they will step aside. Simons will not lead her party into the parliamentary elections on November 22, she told de Volkskrant. During the 2021 election, she secured one seat in the Tweede Kamer, the lower house of Dutch parliament, for her party.