VVD
Dilan Yesilgoz took over from Mark Rutte as VVD leader. The party leadership preferred Yesilgöz and she received support from many prominent party members.
“You have to show it. That is really a VVD attitude,” says Yesilgöz in an interview with NU.nl. In it she also says that Rutte’s legacy is both a burden and a support.
NSC
Pieter Omtzigt founded the New Social Contract last summer and is also the party leader. It was unclear for a long time whether Omtzigt wanted to become Prime Minister of the Netherlands if NSC became the largest. Bee Outside court he said he was alone under conditions want to become prime minister.
According to Omtzigt, the reforms that NSC proposes are so profound that “you cannot arrange it from The Hague alone”. Omtzigt asks for what he calls “active citizenship”.
GroenLinks-PvdA
GroenLinks and PvdA participate in a joint list. PvdA member Frans Timmermans is at the top there.
In a interview Timmermans says with NU.nl that he only considers his campaign a success if GroenLinks-PvdA becomes the largest and he becomes prime minister.
D66
Rob Jetten is at the top of D66’s electoral list. He is the successor to Sigrid Kaag. She leaves politics because the threats she received take too great a toll on her family.
Jetten said in one interview with NU.nl that as energy minister he “had the best job in The Hague over the past few years”, but that he also finds “the Chamber work super honorable”.
Jetten about succeeding Kaag: ‘Time for new energy’
BBB
In the previous elections for the House of Representatives, the BoerBurgerBeweging won one seat and came Caroline van der Plas so in parliament. She is still the figurehead of the party.
The BBB was the big winner of the Provincial Council elections earlier this year and thus became the largest in the Senate.
Van der Plas wants to start with a “long-term vision of the Netherlands”, she tells NU.nl. “What kind of country do we want to be? What choices do that entail?”
PVV
Geert Wilders has been the political leader of the PVV since 2006. He is that again this election.
After years in opposition, Wilders is now committed to co-governance. But several parties, including VVD, NSC and CDA, have already indicated that they do not see that happening.
CDA
The CDA had to go through the departure of party leader Wopke Hoekstra, faction leader Pieter Heerma and chairman Hans Huibers replace the entire party leadership.
For the upcoming elections Henri Bontenbal chosen by the members of the party. In an interview with NU.nl he said that the atmosphere within the party was “really not good”, but that the “atmosphere has changed” and “positivism is back”.
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Other parties
The Christian Union has been in the cabinet in recent years. Mirjam Bikker follow the Gert-Jan Segers took over as party leader in the House of Representatives at the beginning of this year. In November she will be the party leader.
Many opposition parties also see no reason for a new party leader. This is how SP (Lilian Marijnissen), Volt (Laurens Dassen), FVD (Thierry Baudet), JA21 (Joost Eerdmans) and BVNL (Wybren of Haga) stuck with their current leader.
The Party for the Animals announced its current faction leader in July Esther Ouwehand for the wear as party leader. The party board returned to this at the beginning of September. This happened after several reports were received about alleged “violations of integrity” by Ouwehand. Local and provincial branches revolted. A week later the party board resigned and became Ouwehand However the party leader.
Figurehead Kees van der Staaij will not return to the SGP. Number two on the previous SGP list, Chris Stoffertakes the baton about.
At DENK the departing Farid became Azarkan followed Through Stephan van Baarle. BIJ1 has after the departure of Sylvana Simons Edson Olf designated as the new party leader.
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