The People's Party for Freedom and Democracy is a conservative-liberal political party in the Netherlands. The VVD,whose forerunner was the Freedom Party,is a party of the centre-right,which promotes private enterprise and economic liberalism.
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 Reformed Political Party is a conservative Calvinist political party in the Netherlands. The term Reformed is not a reference to political reform but is a synonym for Calvinism—a major branch of Protestantism. The SGP is the oldest political party in the Netherlands existing in its present form,and has been in opposition for its entire existence. Since 1925,it has won between 1.6% and 2.5% of the votes in general elections. Owing to its orthodox political ideals and its traditional role in the opposition,the party has been called a testimonial party. Since the general election of 2012,it has held three of the 150 seats of the House of Representatives.
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 cabinets since it became a unitary party.
Christian Union –Reformed Political Party is the name for a parliamentary common list for the European Parliament formed by two Dutch orthodox Protestant parties:the Christian Union and the Reformed Political Party. Both parties are Eurosceptic and socially conservative,and each has candidates on the common list. The CU and SGP also regularly co-operate in municipal elections,often gaining above-average results in municipalities which form part of the Dutch Bible Belt.
Bastiaan "Bas" Belder is a Dutch politician and former Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from the Netherlands. He is a member of the Staatkundig Gereformeerde Partij,part of the European Conservatives and Reformists.
The Party for the Animals is a political party in the Netherlands. Among its main goals are animal rights and animal welfare.
The European Christian Political Movement (ECPM) is a European political party exclusively working on promoting Christian values. The party unites national parties and individuals from across Europe who share policies influenced by Christianity,largely following the ideals of Christian democracy. The member parties are generally socially conservative and Eurosceptic.
An election of Members of the European Parliament representing Netherlands constituency for the 1999–2004 term of the European Parliament was held on 10 June 1999. It was part of the wider 1999 European election. Eleven parties competed in a D'Hondt type election for 31 seats.
An election of Members of the European Parliament representing Netherlands constituency took place on 4 June 2009. Seventeen parties competed in a D'Hondt type election for the available 25 seats. For the first time,all Dutch residents of the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba were also entitled to vote in the election.
Daniël Teunis van der Stoep is a Dutch politician who was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) during two periods from July 2009 to August 2011 and from December 2011 to July 2014.
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.
Auke Zijlstra is a Dutch politician. He served as a member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Party for Freedom from 13 September 2011 to 1 July 2014 and once more from 7 September 2015 until 2 July 2019.
Paulus "Paul" Blokhuis is a Dutch politician who served as State Secretary for Health,Welfare and Sport in the Third Rutte cabinet from 2017 to 2022. He is a member of the Christian Union (CU).
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.
Hendrik Jan Jacobus Talsma is a Dutch public prosecutor and politician. He became a member of the Senate on behalf of the Christian Union (CU) in April 2021 due to his participation in the 2019 election.
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.
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