MP Omtzigt leaving CDA after party conflicts, benefits scandal
3 years, 4 months ago

MP Omtzigt leaving CDA after party conflicts, benefits scandal

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When he returns to parliament, former CDA member Pieter Omtzigt will not return to his party. But the party leaders have known for some time that Omtzigt will not return, said those involved. In June, after a conflict with the CDA, Omtzigt announced that he was resigning his party membership. The former CDA chairman allegedly promised him party leadership if then leader Hugo de Jonge gave up the position, for example.

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Left alliance leader Timmermans fears rightwing coalition as Omtzigt keeps distance
1 year, 2 months ago

Left alliance leader Timmermans fears rightwing coalition as Omtzigt keeps distance

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Frans Timmermans has noticed that Pieter Omtzigt of the New Social Contract party is not responding to his overtures and therefore fears the formation of a right-wing Cabinet. "Only in a case of extreme necessity with the left," is the doctrine Omtzigt carries from his former party, the CDA, according to Frans Timmermans. A few weeks ago, the party leaders …

Chairman of Omtzigt's party steps down over 19-year-old dispute
1 year, 3 months ago

Chairman of Omtzigt's party steps down over 19-year-old dispute

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The chairman of Pieter Omtzigt’s Nieuw Sociaal Contract party has stepped down over a work-related dispute dating back 19 years. Omtzigt had commissioned Rob van Eijbergen, professor of integrity at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam, to investigate the reports after the complainant contacted the party, but Pieper resigned before his report was finished. NSC spokesman Kilian Wawoe told the Telegraaf: …

Chairman of Omtzigt's party steps down over 19-year-old dispute
1 year, 3 months ago

Chairman of Omtzigt's party steps down over 19-year-old dispute

Dutch News  

The chairman of Pieter Omtzigt’s Nieuw Sociaal Contract party has stepped down over a work-related dispute dating back 19 years. Omtzigt had commissioned Rob van Eijbergen, professor of integrity at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam, to investigate the reports after the complainant contacted the party, but Pieper resigned before his report was finished. NSC spokesman Kilian Wawoe told the Telegraaf: …

Pieter Omtzigt to participate in parliamentary election with own party
1 year, 4 months ago

Pieter Omtzigt to participate in parliamentary election with own party

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Pietro Omtzigt will participate in the parliamentary election on November 22 with his own party called Nieuw Sociaal Contract, which translates to New Social Contract in English. Spearheads of the new movement are “good governance” and “security of existence,” according to the new party’s foundation document. He called that “unrealistic and not responsible” in the newspaper, although he strives for …

Pieter Omtzigt still considering political future
1 year, 5 months ago

Pieter Omtzigt still considering political future

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Pieter Omtzigt is taking more time to decide about his political future. But on X, formerly Twitter, he wrote that making a “thought-out decision” and “charting out a path” is taking more time than he expected. During the Rutte IV government formation process, VVD leader Mark Rutte and VVD scout Annemarie Jorritsma discussed finding him a “function elsewhere.” After leaving …

Parliamentary elections: Pieter Omtzigt will not return to CDA, says "book is closed"
1 year, 5 months ago

Parliamentary elections: Pieter Omtzigt will not return to CDA, says "book is closed"

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Pieter Omtzigt will not return to the CDA. CDA chairman Hans Huibers had sent Omtzigt a letter asking him to join the CDA, AD reported on Saturday. "But of course, I am happy to continue working with all parties to realize my ideas and ideals for the Netherlands," he wrote on X. Zoals al vaker gezegd is het boek met …

CDA leadership alludes to cutting ties with Omtzigt
3 years, 7 months ago

CDA leadership alludes to cutting ties with Omtzigt

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Leading figures in the CDA no longer see a future including popular MP Pieter Omtzigt after a memo was leaked detailing insults some fellow party members lobbed at him, inside sources told RTL Nieuws. In the 76-page memo that was leaked earlier this week, Omtzigt said he had been verbally abused by his fellow party members and felt unsafe “on …

MP Omtzigt reviled as "psychopath", "unstable" by CDA members, he says
3 years, 7 months ago

MP Omtzigt reviled as "psychopath", "unstable" by CDA members, he says

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In a leaked, confidential document, recently belittled CDA parliamentarian Pieter Omtzigt accused his own party of passing him over for party leader, reviling him as a psychopath and unstable person, working against other party members that support him, and leaving him feeling unsafe. In the 76-page document, Omtzigt said that the recent problems at the CDA are "not incidents but …

Popular CDA MP Omtzigt taking 4 months of leave for exhaustion
3 years, 7 months ago

Popular CDA MP Omtzigt taking 4 months of leave for exhaustion

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CDA parliamentarian Pieter Omtzigt announced he will not be returning to the Tweede Kamer for another 16 weeks. The popular CDA member played a crucial role in exposing the benefits scandal in January which caused the third Cabinet of Mark Rutte to resign. Afterwards, it emerged that Rutte specifically discussed Omtzigt in early Cabinet formation talks after the election, suggesting …

PM Rutte asks belittled popular MP Omtzigt to meet face-to-face
3 years, 8 months ago

PM Rutte asks belittled popular MP Omtzigt to meet face-to-face

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Caretaker Prime Minister and VVD leader Mark Rutte admitted that he "really made a big mistake" by saying he had not been outspoken about Pieter Omtzigt. The popular CDA MP was highly critical of how the Cabinet handled the childcare benefits profiling scandal, and Rutte denying he spoke about Omtzigt during early Cabinet formation talks after the March election kicked …

Wopke Hoekstra succeeds Hugo de Jonge as CDA party leader
4 years, 1 month ago

Wopke Hoekstra succeeds Hugo de Jonge as CDA party leader

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Wopke Hoekstra will succeed Hugo de Jonge as party leader of the CDA. Earlier on Friday, CDA MP Pieter Omtzigt told Nieuwsuur that he thought Hoekstra should lead the party. During the previous CDA party leader election in July, Omtzigt narrowly lost the position to De Jonge. Current party leader, Hugo De Jonge, announced on Thursday that he would step …

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