PvdA and GroenLinks bring forward merger plan, new party in 2026
1 week, 5 days ago

PvdA and GroenLinks bring forward merger plan, new party in 2026

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The proposed merger between left-wing parties GroenLinks and PvdA may happen sooner rather than later, the parties told their members in an email on Thursday. We feel an enormous urgency to take this step,” PvdA party chairwoman Esther-Mirjam Sent told broadcaster NOS. The vote would start the process of establishing party statutes and putting together a manifesto, taking the official founding of the party to 2026, which also marks the PvdA’s 80th birthday. According to Sent and GroenLinks chairwoman Katinka Eikelenboom, bringing the decision forward is a reaction to an increasingly strong call from party members. A group comprised of former PvdA leader Ad Melkert and former chairs Gerdi Verbeet and Hans Spekman say they fear the party would set aside traditional social democratic values and become a party for the well-educated.

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GroenLinks and PvdA members to vote for possibility of a new party in June
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1 week, 6 days ago

GroenLinks and PvdA members to vote for possibility of a new party in June

NL Times  

The members of GroenLinks and PvdA will be asked at a congress on June 21 whether the parties should merge into a new left-wing party. The international instability is increasing, and the Netherlands is also changing rapidly,” the party chairs Katinka Eikelenboom and Esther-Mirjam Sent wrote to their members. The parties also joined together in the European Parliamentary elections, although …

Thousands of GroenLinks & PvdA members want parties to fully merge
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Thousands of GroenLinks & PvdA members want parties to fully merge

NL Times  

Approximately “10,000 members and sympathizers” of the influential RoodGroen action group want GroenLinks and PvdA to merge immediately, spokesperson Frank de Wolde told the Volkskrant. There is great urgency for the left-wing parties to close ranks because “the world is on fire” and “the current Cabinet is on the verge of collapse,” he said. It is time to make decisions.” …

Timmermans backs plan for new party to succeed GroenLinks-PvdA
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Timmermans backs plan for new party to succeed GroenLinks-PvdA

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Frans Timmermans, leader of the left-wing alliance of GroenLinks and Labour, has said he wants to establish a new left-wing party by the end of the year. De Hoop set out his ideas for a new party based on “idealistic social democracy” when he delivered the Herman Höften lecture in Almelo to party activists at the end of January. “When …

GroenLinks, PvdA to continue left-wing teamup in municipal elections
4 months ago

GroenLinks, PvdA to continue left-wing teamup in municipal elections

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PvdA and GroenLinks will participate together in the municipal elections in March 2026 in 80 percent of the municipalities, PvdA chairman Esther-Mirjam Sent announced. These factions are following the national line and seem to bring an official merger of the two left-wing parties another step closer, NOS reports. According to Sent, many factions have already decided to submit a joint …

Former PvdA chairman Hans Spekman: cooperation with GroenLinks failed
2 years ago

Former PvdA chairman Hans Spekman: cooperation with GroenLinks failed

NL Times  

Former chairman PvdA MP Hans Spekman sees the elections as proof that cooperation with GroenLinks has "failed." According to the latest forecast, the PvdA gained one seat and GroenLinks retained its seats, but in percentage terms the left-wing parties lost slightly in votes. According to the latest forecast, the PvdA lost 0.3 percentage points and GroenLinks 1.8 percentage points compared …

GroenLinks and PvdA will merge in senate after March vote
2 years, 3 months ago

GroenLinks and PvdA will merge in senate after March vote

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The Dutch Labour party PvdA and left-wing green party GroenLinks have agreed to act as a single block in the senate after the March provincial elections. GroenLinks senate leader Paul Rosenmöller and the PvdA’s Mei Li Vos presented their list of candidates to the public on Thursday, and outlined their plans to merge into a single group once the new …

GroenLinks and PvdA will merge in senate after March vote
2 years, 3 months ago

GroenLinks and PvdA will merge in senate after March vote

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The Dutch Labour party PvdA and left-wing green party GroenLinks have agreed to act as a single block in the senate after the March provincial elections. GroenLinks senate leader Paul Rosenmöller and the PvdA’s Mei Li Vos presented their list of candidates to the public on Thursday, and outlined their plans to merge into a single group once the new …

GroenLinks, PvdA members vote in favor of joint Eerste Kamer faction
2 years, 9 months ago

GroenLinks, PvdA members vote in favor of joint Eerste Kamer faction

NL Times  

GroenLinks members voted to form a faction with the PvdA in the Eerste Kamer at a referendum early Saturday afternoon, shortly after members of the PvdA also voted in support of the proposal. A little while before, 77 percent of PvdA members voted in favor of the joint faction at a congress in Nieuwegein. The merger has been a long …

Labour leader supports merger with GroenLinks in Senate
2 years, 9 months ago

Labour leader supports merger with GroenLinks in Senate

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PvdA leader Attje Kuiken expressed support for merging the PvdA and GroenLinks factions in the Senate. "I am in favor of a next step to form a left bloc and support the party board's proposal to form one faction in a new Senate with senators from PvdA and GroenLinks." The Netherlands is at a crossroads, PvdA and GroenLinks members including …

Labour leaders want to take time to discuss merging with GroenLinks
2 years, 10 months ago

Labour leaders want to take time to discuss merging with GroenLinks

NL Times  

The PvdA party board wants to take time to discuss more intensive cooperation or even a merger with GroenLinks, party chairman Esther-Mirjam Sent said in a letter to party members on Monday. She said the process must be careful and called for discussions about left-wing cooperation to be slowed down, "with the next parliamentary elections as a speck on the …

No breakthrough in cabinet formation talks; "Definitive conclusions" Wednesday
3 years, 5 months ago

No breakthrough in cabinet formation talks; "Definitive conclusions" Wednesday

NL Times  

After hours of consultation, the VVD, D66 and CDA did not reach an agreement on how to proceed with the formation of a new government coalition, informateur Johan Remkes reported on Monday evening. The three political leaders also kept it short, saying it is "not expedient" for the formation process to expand on what was discussed privately. D66 leader Sigrid …

GroenLinks widely supports forming faction with PvdA
3 years, 6 months ago

GroenLinks widely supports forming faction with PvdA

NL Times  

There is broad support in the GroenLinks party to enter the new Cabinet formation together with the PvdA. “We will only govern if we can make a difference on crucial topics”, GroenLinks MP Corinne Ellemeet said. There was little criticism among the 200 GroenLinks party members present at a meeting in Utrecht on Saturday. Klaver was sure PvdA members will …

Labour willing to participate in formation talks as bloc with Greens: report
3 years, 7 months ago

Labour willing to participate in formation talks as bloc with Greens: report

NL Times  

The parliamentary faction of the PvdA is prepared to form a bloc with GroenLinks in the cabinet formation process, was decided in a faction meeting on Thursday, sources told NOS. The PvdA still feels that a complete merger is going too far, but the party will be willing to act as one with GroenLinks in the formation process. The two …

Cabinet with Green, Labour parties one step closer: report
3 years, 7 months ago

Cabinet with Green, Labour parties one step closer: report

NL Times  

The VVD and D66 seem to be heading for cabinet negotiations with the CDA and left-wing parties PvdA and GroenLinks. The left-wing parties said they were willing to join as one negotiating team - so without seconds - and that may be acceptable for the VVD and CDA, sources from around the formation process said to newspaper AD. The left-wing …

Labour politician calls for merger with Greens to build left-wing bloc
3 years, 8 months ago

Labour politician calls for merger with Greens to build left-wing bloc

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PvdA politician Frank van de Wolde wants the labour party to merge with GroenLinks to form a left-wing bloc with more influence, the 28-year-old from Utrecht said when he announced his candidacy for PvdA chairman, RTV Utrecht reports. He and some other PvdA members wrote this manifesto for closer cooperation with GroenLinks after both left-wing parties got disappointing results in …

Left-wing parties planning an alliance in next cabinet
4 years, 4 months ago

Left-wing parties planning an alliance in next cabinet

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Left-wing opposition parties GroenLinks and PvdA plan to form an alliance after the parliamentary elections in March next year. "I actually have exactly the same announcement as Lodewijk Asscher has made: we only want to participate in a cabinet with other left-wing parties, at least the PvdA. SP leader Lilian Marijnissen told the broadcaster that she would find it "mighty …

Labour party wants to form left-wing govt. with CDA, GroenLinks and SP
8 years, 1 month ago

Labour party wants to form left-wing govt. with CDA, GroenLinks and SP

NL Times  

If it is up to PvdA leader Lodewijk Asscher, the Netherlands' new government will be a left-wing one. Asscher's first choice of government would be a coalition between the PvdA CDA, GroenLinks and SP, he said on television program WNL Op Zondag. That's because, now that the economy is improving, the VVD wants to take money away from people who …

Labour wants to merge with Green party after elections
8 years, 5 months ago

Labour wants to merge with Green party after elections

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PvdA leader Diederik Samsom wants his party to merge with GroenLinks after the upcoming elections. "Then you can be the biggest in one go", he said in response to a plea from GroenLinks leader Jesse Klaver that the left-wing parties in the Netherlands work together, the Volkskrant reports. "I had with Bram van Ojik an agreement that the PvdA and …

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