Tag: MUNICIPALITY ELECTIONS 2022
Women in the majority in 3 Utrecht city councils: what about where you live?
PROVINCE OF UTRECHT – There are now more women than men in the city council in Houten, Nieuwegein and Utrecht. Before the elections, this was not the case in any…
The municipal formation process explained: what do scouts, informateurs and formateurs do?
A Brabant scout in Utrecht, the Wijk mayor as a scout in Culemborg and a Member of Parliament who serves as an informer in Amersfoort. Now that the municipal formation…
ChristenUnie threatens to be sidelined again in Bunschoten
Yesterday, 18:30 † 2 minutes reading time © RTV Utrecht / Jordi de Jong BUNSCHOTEN-SPAKENBURG – The VVD, CDA, SGP and CAP want to continue working together in Bunschoten for…
Podcast Stadhuisplein Utrecht: ‘Forming a new coalition will be a difficult process’
That is what the panel members of Stadhuisplein Utrecht think. These are Tom Staal, political reporter for Geen Stijl, Yet van den Bergh, former alderman for Liveable Utrecht and Arjan…
Brabant scout must give direction to the Utrecht city council
The interpretation debate was more like a series of speaking engagements than a debate. During those individual lectures it turned out that the scout will have a difficult job. GroenLinks…
Only elected councilor GroenLinks Veenendaal waives seat
The party announced today that not 19-year-old Faber, but Van der Weele will take the only seat that GroenLinks won on Wednesday. Kim Faber starts as a shadow councilor to…
Landslide in Leusden politics: ‘The voter has spoken’
March 17, 16:08 † 3 minutes reading time © RTV Utrecht LEUSDEN – Leusden is not interested in windmills and solar fields. That can be concluded now that the votes…
Municipal reorganization seems to be off track for Lopik after CU-SGP and Hart win for Lopik
PROVINCE OF UTRECHT – The ChristenUnie-SGP and Hart voor Lopik are the big winners of the municipal elections in Lopik. Both parties are against a municipal reorganization and that therefore…
Again the lowest turnout in Nieuwegein: ‘Not voting is not complaining’
The big winner of the elections in Nieuwegein is GroenLinks. That party won 6 seats, a doubling. “We are very happy and had absolutely not expected this,” said party leader…
Party leader GroenLinks Vijfheerenlanden passed by number two: ‘It is the way it is’
That is unexpected, Van Doorn also frankly admits. “If we had thought in advance that Birgitte would become number one, we would have put her at number one,” he says.…