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This article lists political parties in the Netherlands.The country has a multi-party system with numerous political parties, in which any one party has little chance of gaining power alone; parties often work with each other to form coalition governments.
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 ...
The republican form of government was not democratic in the modern sense; in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries, the "regents" or regenten formed the ruling class of the Dutch Republic, the leaders of the Dutch cities or the heads of organisations (e.g. "regent of an orphanage"). Since the late Middle Ages Dutch cities had been run by the richer ...
No fewer than 26 Dutch political parties are seeking a share of the 150 seats in the lower house of parliament when the Netherlands holds a general election Wednesday. Only a few of them stand a ...
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -Several Dutch political parties on Wednesday backed a call by far right leader Geert Wilders to explore unconventional forms of government to cobble together a viable ...
Political parties in the Dutch Caribbean (7 C) Dutch politicians by party (67 C) A. Political party alliances in the Netherlands (8 P) D. Defunct political parties in ...
The Netherlands has a multi-party system, with numerous political parties, in which usually no one party ever secures an overall majority of votes (except occasionally in very small municipalities, such as Tubbergen), so that several parties must cooperate to form a coalition government. This usually includes the party supported by a plurality ...
The last pre-election poll has put three political parties neck-to-neck. The far-right Party for Freedom (PVV) is set to win 28 seats, according to a poll by I&O Research.