Right away opinion piece in de Volkskrant 32 prominent members of the PvdA and GroenLinks are arguing for a joint faction in the Senate. The two parties will vote on this in June. “There is a historic momentum.”
Among the signatories are Diederik Samsom and Job Cohen, former leaders of the PvdA, and Bram van Ojik and Jolande Sap, former leaders of GroenLinks. In addition, the list of signatures includes former ministers, MEPs and aldermen. “The ‘red’ struggle for a just society and the ‘green’ struggle for a sustainable society are one and the same,” they write.
The discussion about cooperation between the PvdA and GroenLinks has been going on for years, but in recent weeks it has been discussed more and more seriously. On Monday, the two parties held a joint meeting on “the future of the left” and plans to form a single faction in the Senate. Some members think that this is too big a step towards a complete merger.
Read the report of the meeting: Clover and Chick do their best to avoid the ‘F-word’
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