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Municipal politics in the Netherlands is an important aspect of the politics of the Netherlands. The municipality is the lowest level of government, but this does not reflect the importance that the Amsterdam and Rotterdam governments play in Dutch political life. There are a total of 342 municipalities in the Netherlands. [1]
The municipal council of Leiden. In the Netherlands, the municipal council (Dutch: gemeenteraad [ɣəˈmeːn.təˌraːt] ⓘ) is the elected assembly of a municipality.Its main role is laying down the guidelines for the policy of the municipal executive and exercising control over its execution by the mayor and aldermen.
As a second level administrative division municipalities are the third tier of public administration in the Netherlands after the central government and the provinces. [3] [4] The Netherlands is a decentralized unitary state, which means that the central government is supreme and delegates certain tasks to lower levels of government by law. [5]
Although not mentioned in the Constitution, political parties and the social partners organised in the Social and Economic Council are important political institutions as well. The Netherlands does not have a traditional separation of powers ; according to the Constitution, the States General and the government (the monarch and the ministers ...
These elections saw a political landslide throughout the country, with a strong shift to the left, of which Amsterdam was a prime example. The much talked about all-left-wing coalition of PvdA, GroenLinks and SP that polls indicate would become possible after the national elections of 2006 and that was such a political success in Nijmegen had ...
In the Netherlands, the municipal executive (Dutch: college van burgemeester en wethouders, oftentimes abbreviated to college van B en W; lit. ' college of mayor and aldermen ') is the executive board of a municipality. [1] [2] It plays a central role in municipal politics in the Netherlands, similar to the communal college in Belgium. [3]
Municipal and provincial elections always take place every four years, in March; municipal elections always two years after a year divisible by four, and provincial elections one year after municipal elections. Municipal councils and provincial councils cannot be dissolved prematurely, so no snap elections can occur. An exception to the four ...
Municipalities of the Netherlands (7 C, 11 P) Pages in category "Local government in the Netherlands" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.