Career
In 2004,Paternotte became the chair of the Young Democrats,a political youth organisation affiliated with D66. [2] On 11 March 2010,he was elected into the municipal council of Amsterdam. [2] In the same year,he participated in the 2010 Dutch general election as the twelfth candidate on the list of D66,but was not elected into the House of Representatives. [4]
While a member of the municipal council,Paternotte worked as a policy advisor to MEP Marietje Schaake. [2] In the 2014 Dutch municipal elections,he was the lead candidate for D66 in Amsterdam. [5] Under his leadership,D66 became the largest party in the municipal council. [6] Paternotte left the council in 2017,when he was elected into the House of Representatives. [2] He was re-elected in 2021. [2]
On 11 January 2022,he became the parliamentary leader of D66 in the House of Representatives,after both Sigrid Kaag and Rob Jetten joined the fourth Rutte cabinet as ministers. [5] [a] Paternotte received a third House term in the November 2023 general election,and he was succeeded by Jetten as parliamentary leader. He became D66's spokesperson for foreign affairs,kingdom relations,housing,higher education,and media. [7]
Paternotte introduced a motion backed by a majority of parties calling for Taiwan to be admitted as a member to more international organizations,to prevent its further isolation by the People's Republic of China. [8] With CDA leader Henri Bontenbal,he requested Prime Minister Dick Schoof to advocate for a suspension of Hungary from the Schengen Area out of fear it was admitting Russian spies due to insufficient vetting. [9] He co-wrote a bill to lift a ban on cultivating embryos for scientific research,hoping to raise the success rate for IVF treatment. Paternotte's second daughter was born after six attempts. [10]
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