It wasn’t too bad, says deputy chairman Pepijn Zwanenberg, who was finally able to put away his gavel just before 23:00. “It’s also been 03:00 at night.” Still, it was a long day that started at 09:45 in the morning and continued with a few breaks until late in the evening. “Luckily, everyone was very disciplined,” he says, only the last debate went a bit off track. But then again, that was about traffic measures and there the parties are “more in the trenches”.