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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 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 ...
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 ...
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.
The Dutch Parliamentary Election Study, a cooperation between 38 political scientists and sociologists, confirmed that migration was the largest concern amongst voters, resulting in the election win of issue owner PVV. Furthermore, it concluded a third of the electorate had changed their favored party during the campaign, including across ...
Either as program council (Dutch: programcollege) or a mirror council (Dutch: afspiegelingscolleg). A program council is based on a political program negotiated by a group of parties which has a majority in the municipal council, while a mirror council represents all (major) parties represents in the municipal legislature.
Democrats 66 (Dutch: Democraten 66; [a] D66) is a social liberal [4] [5] and progressive [6] [7] political party in the Netherlands, which is positioned in the centre of the political spectrum. [ 2 ] [ 8 ] It is a member of the Liberal International (LI) and the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE).