The Labour Party is a social democratic political party in the Netherlands.
GroenLinks is a green political party in the Netherlands.
Democrats 66 is a social liberal and progressive political party in the Netherlands,which is positioned in the centre of the political spectrum. It is a member of the Liberal International (LI) and the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE).
The Greens is a political party in the Netherlands. It advocates for Green politics,an unconditional basic income and emphasises its anti-militarism.
The Centre Democrats was a political party in the Netherlands. Founded in 1984 by members who split out from the Centre Party (CP),the Centre Democrats was joined one month later by the only CP Member of Parliament—Hans Janmaat. Janmaat went on to become the leader of the party,which subsequently became strongly centered on his person. The newly formed Centre Democrats represented the more moderate faction of the Centre Party,but espoused an anti-immigration and nationalist ideology. Their claims of standing in the centre of the political landscape have thus been disputed by political scientists.
The Pacifist Socialist Party was a democratic socialist Dutch political party. It is one of the predecessors of GroenLinks.
Adrianus Petrus Wilhelmus "Ad" Melkert is a Dutch politician and diplomat of the Labour Party (PvdA) who has served as a Member of the Council of State since 20 January 2016.
The Communist Party of the Netherlands was a communist party in the Netherlands. The party was founded in 1909 as the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and merged with the Pacifist Socialist Party,the Political Party of Radicals and the Evangelical People's Party in 1991,forming the GroenLinks. Members opposed to the merger founded the New Communist Party of the Netherlands.
The Evangelical People's Party was a minor progressive Protestant political party in the Netherlands. It is one of the predecessor parties of the modern-day GroenLinks.
The Socialist Alternative Politics is a Trotskyist political group in the Netherlands without parliamentary representation.
The Political Party of Radicals was a Christian-radical and green political party in the Netherlands. The PPR played a relatively small role in Dutch politics and merged with other left-wing parties to form GroenLinks in 1991.
Roeland Hugo Gerrit (Roel) van Duijn is a Dutch politician,political activist and writer. He was a founder of Provo and the Kabouterbeweging. He was alderman for the Political Party of Radicals and later wardcouncillor for the GreenLeft.
Bastiaan "Bas" de Gaay Fortman is a retired Dutch politician and diplomat of the Political Party of Radicals (PPR) and later the GroenLinks (GL) party and economist.
The Centre Party was a Dutch nationalist,right-wing extremist political party espousing an anti-immigrant program. The party was founded by Henry Brookman in 1980,and was represented by Hans Janmaat in the Dutch House of Representatives from 1982,until he was expelled from the party in 1984 and joined the more moderate Centre Democrats. The CP,as well as the CD,was subject to a cordon sanitaire by the other parties in the House of Representatives. After much infighting and finally legal proceedings against the party,it was declared bankrupt in 1986. The party was soon after succeeded by the Centre Party '86,which would become increasingly radical,until it was banned in 1998.
Maria Brigitta Catherina "Ria" Beckers-de Bruijn was a Dutch politician of the Political Party of Radicals (PPR) and later co-founder of the GroenLinks (GL) party and teacher.
This article gives an overview of socialism in the Netherlands,including communism and social democracy. It is limited to communist,socialist,social democratic,and democratic socialist parties with substantial support,mainly proved by having had a representation in parliament. The sign ⇒means a reference to another party in that scheme.
The Green Progressive Accord was an alliance of Dutch political parties:Political Party of Radicals (PPR),Pacifist Socialist Party (PSP),Communist Party of the Netherlands (CPN) and Green Party of the Netherlands (GPN).
Abraham "Bram" van Ojik is Dutch politician and diplomat of the GreenLeft (GL) party and activist. Since 23 March 2017 he has been a member of the House of Representatives. He previously served in the House from 1993 to 1994,and from 2012 to 2015. In the latter three years he also served as leader of GroenLinks. He had also been an Envoy of the Netherlands for human migration since 20 October 2015.
The issue of the universal basic income gained prominence on the political agenda in Netherlands between the mid-1970s and mid-1990s but it has disappeared from the political agenda over the last fifteen years.
Michael Henricus Maria (Michel) van Hulten is a retired Dutch politician. As a member of the Political Party of Radicals (PPR) he was a member of the Dutch parliament and he was the undersecretary of the Minister of Transport in Joop den Uyl's cabinet.
