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".
The Christian Democratic Appeal is a Christian-democratic and socially conservative political party in the Netherlands. It was originally formed in 1977 from a confederation of the Catholic People's Party,the Anti-Revolutionary Party and the Christian Historical Union;it has participated in all but three of the Dutch cabinets formed since it became a unitary party.
Maria Johanna Theodora Martens is a Dutch politician. She is a member of the Christian Democratic Appeal. From 2011 until 2019 she was a member of the Dutch Senate.
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.
Ronald Hans Anton Plasterk is a Dutch scientist,entrepreneur and retired politician of the Labour Party (PvdA). He has earned a PhD degree in biology,specialised in molecular genetics. Being a former Minister in the Cabinet of the Netherlands,he has been the founder and CEO of Frame Cancer Therapeutics since December 2018. Next to his work at Frame,he has been appointed as professor at the University of Amsterdam since September 2018.
Wilhelmus Johannes Gerardus Maria "Wim" van de Camp is a Dutch politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) between 2009 and 2019. He was the leader of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) delegation,part of the European People's Party,from 2009 to 2014. He was previously a member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands from 1986 to 2009) where he was active in the fields of education,justice and asylum policy.
Esther M. R. de Lange is a Dutch politician serving as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 2007. 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.
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.
An election of the Members of the European Parliament from the Netherlands was held on 22 May 2014. This is the 8th time the elections have been held for the European elections in the Netherlands.
M.J.R.L. "Marcel" de Graaff is a Dutch politician. He has been a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Netherlands since February 2020,and previously served between 2014 and 2019. He represented the Party for Freedom (PVV) and was co-president of the Europe of Nations and Freedom. De Graaff was a member of the Senate of the Netherlands for the PVV from 2011 to 2014.
Jan Huitema is a Dutch politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from the Netherlands since July 2014. He is a member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy,part of Renew Europe. He was reelected in 2019.
An election of the Members of the European Parliament from the Netherlands was held on 23 May 2019. It is the ninth time the elections have been held for the European elections in the Netherlands. The number of Dutch seats was to increase from 26 to 29 following Brexit,but due to the extension of the Article 50 process in the United Kingdom,the number of seats to be elected will remain at 26.
Bert-Jan Ruissen 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).
Elisabeth "Liesje" Schreinemacher is a Dutch lawyer and politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) who has served as Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation in the fourth Rutte cabinet since 10 January 2022. She previously served as a Member of the European Parliament from 2019 until 2022.
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.
Anja Haga is a Dutch politician of the Christian Union (CU) who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 2023. Born in Drachten,she studied at the University of Groningen and subsequently became a clinical linguist. She switched to the private sector after a number of years,and by then she had become politically active. She lost in 2007 provincial elections in Friesland,but she did receive a seat in its council in 2010 to fill a vacancy. Haga was re-elected the following year and succeeded Piet Adema as parliamentary leader. She often commented on issues of public transport and sustainability,and she secured a third term in the provincial council in 2015 as her party's lead candidate.
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.
