The VVD does not want to accept gifts from generous donors that are larger than a ton. Party chairman Christianne van der Wal said this at the opening of the VVD online conference.
The VVD thus follows the proposal of the Veling Committee, which investigated party financing. The proposal was: do not accept donations above 100,000 euros. In the last election campaign for the House of Representatives, D66 and the Party for the Animals received from billionaire Steven Schuurman a million euros and three tons respectively.
Schuurman indicated that he wanted to steer the climate plans in the right direction with his gift. In the run-up to the 2021 elections, the CDA received 1.2 million euros from Hans van der Wind, who played a prominent role behind the scenes of the campaign.
Kars Veling stated in June of this year: ,,If a person donates so much, it jeopardizes the level playing field, you can buy so much more than others. And it makes you vulnerable as a party: suppose that one donor disappears? In many ways you shouldn’t want this.”
VVD also received a lot of money
Van der Wal stated that he would rather have gifts from 2000 people who donate 100 euros, than two tons from one person. This does not alter the fact that in 2017 the VVD also received a gift of 890 thousand euros from a foundation that did not disclose who was behind the gift.
The VVD has had the integrity of the party examined by two researchers from Nyenrode Business University. For many years, the VVD led the lists of affairs that tarnished with integrity. Van der Wal: ,,Last year, that was no longer the case for the first time.”
‘Stand up and stand out’
The researchers advised the VVD to make their confidential advisers more visible to liberals who struggle with dilemmas in the field of administrative integrity. Van der Wal felt that the internal discussions about integrity have borne fruit. “The phase of trial and error is over. Stand up and stand out,” she advised her drivers.
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