The Christian Union is a Christian democratic political party in the Netherlands. The CU is a centrist party,maintaining more progressive stances on economic,immigration and environmental issues while holding more socially conservative positions on issues such as abortion and euthanasia. The party describes itself as "social Christian".
Ria Oomen-Ruijten is a Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) who has been serving as a member of the Senate since 9 June 2015.
The Party for the Animals is a political party in the Netherlands. Among its main goals are animal rights and animal welfare. The PvdD was founded in 2002 as a single-issue party for animal rights,opposing animal cruelty and the treatment of animals in agriculture. The party then developed into a left-wing,ecological party.
Esther M. R. de Lange is a Dutch politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) between 2007 and 2024. A member of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA),part of the European People's Party (EPP),she was elected as delegation leader in the European Parliament at a party conference on 2 November 2013 in Leeuwarden,a position she assumed the following year. In July 2014 she was elected as Vice President of the EPP Group in the European Parliament and in June 2018 as Vice President of the EPP Party. De Lange stepped down as MEP in February 2024.
Elbert Dijkgraaf is a Dutch economist and politician of the Reformed Political Party (SGP). He is professor at the Erasmus School of Economics where he holds the chair "Empirical economics of the public sector". He also is fellow of the Tinbergen Institute.
Pieter Herman Omtzigt is a Dutch politician who has served as a member of the House of Representatives since 2003 apart from a short interruption between June and October 2010. He was member of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA),but left in 2021 and continued as independent. In August 2023,he founded a new party called New Social Contract,its name taken from his 2021 manifesto. Three months later,his party won 20 out of 150 seats in the 2023 Dutch general election.
Maria Cornelia Gezina "Mona" Keijzer is a Dutch politician and former civil servant who is the minister of housing and spatial planning in the Schoof cabinet since 2024. A member of the Farmer–Citizen Movement,she won a seat in the House of Representatives in the 2023 Dutch general election.
Jan Huitema is a Dutch politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from the Netherlands between July 2014 and July 2024. He is a member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy,part of Renew Europe.
Agnes Jongerius is a Dutch trade unionist and politician who was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Netherlands between July 2014 and July 2024. She is a member of the Labour Party,part of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats. Between 1987 and 2012 she worked for the Federatie Nederlandse Vakbeweging,a trade union federation. She was chair of the federation between 2005 and 2012.
Eppo Egbert Willem Bruins is a Dutch politician and physicist. He has been serving as Minister of Education,Culture and Science in the Schoof cabinet since July 2024 on behalf of New Social Contract (NSC). He was a member of the House of Representatives for the Christian Union (CU) from 2015 to 2021.
Bert-Jan Ruissen(born 22 March 1972) is a Dutch politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from the Netherlands. He is a member of the Reformed Political Party (SGP),part of the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR).
The 2024 European Parliament election in the Netherlands was held on 6 June 2024 as part of the 2024 European Parliament election. It was the tenth time the elections have been held for the European elections in the Netherlands,and the first to take place after Brexit.
Tom B. W. Berendsen is a Dutch politician who has served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 2019. He is a member of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA).
Caroline Ann Maria van der Plas is a Dutch journalist and politician who has served as a member of the House of Representatives since 2021. A former member of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA),which she left in 2019,she is the founder and current party leader of the Farmer–Citizen Movement (BBB).
Eline C. Vedder-Monaster is a Dutch dairy farmer and politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA). Born in Dordrecht,she studied mechanical engineering and started running a dairy farm in Drenthe with her husband after some years at multinational Unilever.
Jennifer Nicolien van Vroonhoven-Kok is a Dutch politician who has a seat in the House of Representatives. She was the second candidate of the New Social Contract party in the 2023 general election. From 2002 to 2010,she held a seat in the House on behalf of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA). From 2010 to 2011,she was for a member of the municipal council of The Hague and from 7 May 2014 to 17 December 2017 she was an alderman in the municipality of Hilversum,both for CDA.
Cor R. Pierik is a Dutch politician who has been a member of the House of Representatives on behalf of the Farmer–Citizen Movement (BBB) since 2023.
Femke Marije Wiersma is a Dutch agricultural lobbyist and politician of the Farmer–Citizen Movement (BBB). She has served as Minister of Agriculture,Fisheries,Food Security and Nature in the Schoof cabinet since July 2024. Previously,she was a member of the Provincial Executive of Friesland.
Sander Smit is a Dutch politician of the Farmer–Citizen Movement (BBB),who has been a Member of the European Parliament since 2024.
