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Post by pieter on Mar 16, 2021 3:41:34 GMT -7
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Post by pieter on Mar 16, 2021 3:45:56 GMT -7
Code OranjeCode Orange (Dutch: Code Oranje) is a political movement in the Netherlands.
Code Orange was founded on 25 October 2018 by Bert Blase, the interim mayor of Heerhugowaard. The movement advocates for more influence for citizens in political decision-making, for instance through binding referendums and citizens' assemblies.
In 2019, Code Orange participated in the provincial elections in four provinces, but did not win any seats. The movement intends to take part in the next general election, scheduled for 17 March 2021. Richard de Mos has been chosen as its lijsttrekker.
List Puller
Lijsttrekker (English: "list puller") is a Dutch term used in the Netherlands, Belgium and Suriname for a lead candidate in an election. The term refers to the same position as the German term Spitzenkandidat, also used in European politics.
In the Netherlands, which uses nationwide party lists for parliamentary elections, this person is almost always the party's political leader. After an election, this person usually leads the party's parliamentary group in the States-General, or serves in a senior position in the Cabinet if the person's party is part of the governing coalition. The Prime Minister of the Netherlands almost always comes from among the lijsttrekkers in the previous election.
In Belgium, national elections only feature provincial electoral lists since the 2012-2014 state reform; consequently there are usually six lijsttrekkers per party. Generally one of them is the party leader. Previously, some of the party leaders ran as lijsttrekker on the Senate list.
The term is also used for other elections, such as municipal elections.
During the election campaign these persons attract the most attention, for example in lijsttrekker debates, where the lijsttrekkers debate important issues with other lijsttrekkers on television. For example, in the 2003 elections, Wouter Bos was lijsttrekker for the social-democratic Labour Party (PvdA); the recovery of the PvdA in that period is often credited to his personality. If, however, the party is unsuccessful in the elections, the lijsttrekker will often resign their post or leave politics entirely. This for instance happened to Thom de Graaf of Democrats 66, who instead of gaining seats as expected, lost a seat in the Dutch general election of 2003. Often parties also have a celebrity or well-known politician in the last place of the party list as lijstduwer ("list pusher").Source: Wikipedia and Code Orange
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Post by pieter on Mar 16, 2021 3:56:42 GMT -7
Final debate of the party leaders (list pullers) of the 6 largest political parties. You see the tension in their faces and realise that they have been busy day and night the last weeks, going from debate to debate, from election meeting to election meeting. A lot of uncertainty about how their party it will do in the elections that are taking place now. I know it is Dutch, but you get an impression of the atmosphere, the political climate and the tone of their voices.
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Post by pieter on Mar 16, 2021 4:01:50 GMT -7
The most radical political party is BIJ1 of Sylvana Simons. The Black woman with the glasses at the start of this political ad.BIJ1 ('together'), formerly known as Article1 (Dutch: Artikel1), is a political party in the Netherlands. The party was founded in 2016 by Sylvana Simons, a television personality who was formerly connected to Denk. BIJ1 focuses on fighting racism and discrimination in the Netherlands.
The ideology of the party is based on Anti-racism, Egalitarianism, Anti-capitalism, Black-Dutch interests, Feminism and Minority rights.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIJ1 de.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIJ1
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Post by pieter on Mar 16, 2021 17:01:52 GMT -7
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Post by pieter on Mar 16, 2021 17:03:40 GMT -7
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Post by pieter on Mar 17, 2021 0:28:01 GMT -7
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Post by pieter on Mar 17, 2021 0:29:49 GMT -7
Despite the election taking place in the middle of a pandemic, coronavirus has played a very minor role in the debate, with only the far right FvD challenging the government’s strategy. Europe too has not been a major topic. Instead, discussion has focused on climate change, taxation and housing and these, said the NRC, are the ‘massive issues‘ which will form part of the coalition negotiations.
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Post by pieter on Mar 17, 2021 11:27:22 GMT -7
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Post by pieter on Mar 17, 2021 11:30:43 GMT -7
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Post by pieter on Mar 17, 2021 14:14:37 GMT -7
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