Elections, candidates and members of the European Parliament for the Netherlands | |
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1952–1958 | ECSC delegation |
1958–1979 | EP delegation |
1979–1984 | 1st election, candidates and members |
1984–1989 | 2nd election, candidates and members |
1989–1994 | 3rd election, candidates and members |
1994–1999 | 4th election, candidates and members |
1999–2004 | 5th election, candidates and members |
2004–2009 | 6th election, candidates and members |
2009–2014 | 7th election, candidates and members |
2014–2019 | 8th election, candidates and members |
2019–2024 | 9th election, candidates and members |
2024–2029 | 10th election, candidates and members |
During the parliamentary term from 2 July 2019 to 15 July 2024, 34 people were representatives of the Netherlands in the European Parliament. The Netherlands initially had 26 seats after the 2019 European Parliament elections, but was allocated three additional seats on 31 January 2020 after withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union.
Name | National party | EP Group | Start date | End date | Ref. | |
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Malik Azmani | VVD | Renew | 2 July 2019 | 15 July 2024 | ||
Tom Berendsen | CDA | EPP | 2 July 2019 | 15 July 2024 | ||
Mohammed Chahim | PvdA | S&D | 2 July 2019 | 15 July 2024 | ||
Peter van Dalen | CU | EPP | 2 July 2019 | 3 September 2023 | [1] | |
Bas Eickhout | GL | Greens/EVA | 2 July 2019 | 15 July 2024 | ||
Derk Jan Eppink | FVD [lower-alpha 1] | ECH | 2 July 2019 | 30 March 2021 | [2] | |
JA21 [lower-alpha 2] | ||||||
Marcel de Graaff | PVV [lower-alpha 3] | ID [lower-alpha 4] | 1 February 2020 [lower-alpha 5] | 15 July 2024 | [3] [4] | |
FVD [lower-alpha 6] | ||||||
NI [lower-alpha 7] | ||||||
Bart Groothuis | VVD | Renew | 1 February 2020 [lower-alpha 5] | 15 July 2024 | ||
Anja Haga | CU | NI | 5 September 2023 | 15 July 2024 | [5] | |
Anja Hazekamp | PvdD | GUE/NGL | 2 July 2019 | 15 July 2024 | ||
Michiel Hoogeveen | JA21 | ECH | 15 April 2021 | 15 July 2024 | [6] | |
Jan Huitema | VVD | Renew | 2 July 2019 | 15 July 2024 | ||
Agnes Jongerius | PvdA | S&D | 2 July 2019 | 3 November 2022 | ||
Esther de Lange | CDA | EPP | 2 July 2019 | 15 February 2024 | ||
Jeroen Lenaers | CDA | EPP | 2 July 2019 | 15 July 2024 | ||
Toine Manders | 50+ [lower-alpha 8] | EPP | 2 July 2019 | 15 July 2024 | [7] | |
CDA [lower-alpha 9] | ||||||
Caroline Nagtegaal-van Doorn | VVD | Renew | 2 July 2019 | 15 July 2024 | ||
Henk Jan Ormel | CDA | EPP | 27 February 2024 | 15 July 2024 | ||
Kati Piri | PvdA | S&D | 2 July 2019 | 30 March 2021 | ||
Samira Rafaela | D66 | Renew | 2 July 2019 | 15 July 2024 | ||
Thijs Reuten | PvdA | S&D | 15 April 2021 | 15 July 2024 | [8] | |
Catharina Rinzema | VVD | Renew | 18 January 2022 | 15 July 2024 | [9] | |
Rob Rooken | FVD [lower-alpha 10] | ECH | 2 July 2019 | 15 July 2024 | [10] | |
JA21 [lower-alpha 11] | ||||||
Dorien Rookmaker | GO [lower-alpha 12] | NI [lower-alpha 13] | 1 February 2020 [lower-alpha 5] | 15 July 2024 | [11] | |
Indep. [lower-alpha 14] | ||||||
MDD [lower-alpha 15] | ||||||
ECH [lower-alpha 16] | ||||||
Rob Roos | FVD [lower-alpha 17] | ECH | 2 July 2019 | 15 July 2024 | [12] | |
JA21 [lower-alpha 18] | ||||||
Bert-Jan Ruissen | SGP | ECH | 2 July 2019 | 15 July 2024 | ||
Annie Schreijer-Pierik | CDA | EPP | 2 July 2019 | 15 July 2024 | ||
Liesje Schreinemacher | VVD | Renew | 2 July 2019 | 9 January 2022 | ||
Kim van Sparrentak | GL | Greens/EVA | 2 July 2019 | 15 July 2024 | ||
Tineke Strik | GL | Greens/EVA | 2 July 2019 | 15 July 2024 | ||
Paul Tang | PvdA | S&D | 2 July 2019 | 15 July 2024 | ||
Vera Tax | PvdA | S&D | 2 July 2019 | 15 July 2024 | ||
Sophie in 't Veld | D66 [lower-alpha 19] | Renew | 2 July 2019 | 15 July 2024 | [13] | |
Indep. [lower-alpha 20] | ||||||
Lara Wolters | PvdA | S&D | 9 July 2019 | 15 July 2024 | [14] |
Christian Union–SGP is a collaboration between the Dutch political parties Christian Union (CU) and Reformed Political Party (SGP). In some municipal elections and Provincial Council elections, the parties submit a joint list. Before the merger of the Reformed Political Alliance (GPV) and the Reformatory Political Federation (RPF) into Christian Union in 2000, these parties also participated in various combinations, including SGP/RPF/GPV. From 1984 to 2019, the parties participated jointly in the European Parliament elections.
The Socialist Party is a democratic socialist and social democratic political party in the Netherlands. Founded in 1971 as the Communist Party of the Netherlands/Marxist–Leninist, the party has since moderated itself from Marxism–Leninism and Maoism towards democratic socialism and social democracy.
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.
The Party for Freedom is a nationalist and right-wing populist political party in the Netherlands. In the 2023 general election, it became the largest party in the House of Representatives.
Lucas Hartong is a Dutch politician. He served as a member of the European Parliament for the Party for Freedom between 22 June 2010 and 1 July 2014. He was leader of the PVV delegation from 24 March to 1 July 2014.
Gabriëlle Popken is a Dutch former politician for the Party for Freedom. She served in the Senate between 2011 and 2017 and subsequently in the House of Representatives between 2017 and 2020.
M.J.R.L. "Marcel" de Graaff is a Dutch politician. He was a member of the Senate of the Netherlands for the Party for Freedom (PVV) from 2011 to 2014. He served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Netherlands in the periods 2014–2019 and 2020–2024. He was co-president of the Europe of Nations and Freedom, and he switched party affiliation to Forum for Democracy in his second term.
Alexander Kops is a Dutch politician and former teacher serving as a member of the House of Representatives since 2017. A member of the Party for Freedom (PVV), a nationalist, right-wing populist political party in the Netherlands. He previously was a member of the Senate from 2014 to 2017.
Forum for Democracy is a far-right political party in the Netherlands, founded as a think tank by Thierry Baudet and Henk Otten in 2016. The party first participated in elections in the 2017 general election, winning two seats in the House of Representatives.
An election of the Members of the European Parliament from the Netherlands was held on 23 May 2019. It was the ninth time such an election had been held in the Netherlands. The number of Dutch seats had been set 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 remained at 26.
Reinier van Lanschot is a Dutch politician and one of Volt Netherlands Members of the European Parliament alongside Anna Strolenberg. In 2018, he co-founded Volt Netherlands with Laurens Dassen and served as its chairman during the party's first year. He was the party's top candidate for the European Parliament in the 2019 election and again in the 2024 election. Van Lanschot was elected to the co-presidency of Volt Europa at the 2019 General Assembly in Sofia, and re-elected for a second mandate at the 2021 Lisbon General Assembly.
Samira Rafaela is a Dutch politician of Democrats 66. She served as a Member of the European Parliament between 2019 and 2024, and she was also a member of the Young Democrats.
Mohammed Chahim is a Moroccan-born Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA) who has served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 2019.
Bart Groothuis is a Dutch politician serving as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 2020. He is a member of the Dutch conservative-liberal People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) and the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party, which are both part of the European political group Renew Europe.
Volt Netherlands is a social liberal political party in the Netherlands. It is the Dutch chapter of Volt Europa, a political movement that operates on a European level.
Raoul Marc Boucke is a Surinamese-Dutch civil servant and politician, who has served as a member of the House of Representatives since 2021. He is a member of the social liberal party Democrats 66 (D66). Prior to his political career, Boucke worked for two government ministries, the European Commission, as well as the Dutch representation to the European Union.
M.J.A. "Thijs" Reuten is a Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA). He began his career as a policy advisor of the party's parliamentary group in the House of Representatives and was a member of the Amsterdam municipal council in the years 2002–07. He then served for two terms as a district alderman in Amsterdam-Oost with a focus on housing and the economy. Starting in 2018, Reuten worked as an independent consultant and as head of policy at the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). He was appointed to the European Parliament in April 2021 after the resignation of Kati Piri, and he was re-elected in June 2024.
Michiel P. Hoogeveen is a Dutch politician of the right-wing conservative JA21 party. He started his career in the financial sector and as a freelance North Korea researcher. He became a member of Forum for Democracy (FVD) in 2016 and was elected to the States of South Holland three years later. He left the party in 2020 and subsequently joined JA21, which he represented in the European Parliament as part of the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) between April 2021 and July 2024.