Kouwenberg, active resident of Baarn and one of the founders of local party VoorBaarn, called on their connections with party leader Tino Schouten. “I started calling at 1 p.m. and we had it finalized at 4:30 p.m.,” he says with satisfaction. “I checked it again in the evening: I made 69 calls. And you see the result, we are ready.”