Tag: provincial
Kieskompas launches voting aid for Provincial Council elections together with RTV Utrecht
The Utrecht voice aid contains questions about themes such as windmills, the maximum speed on provincial roads and nature policy. The fact that the voting aid was made together with…
Everything you need to know about the Provincial Council elections: RTV Utrecht puts it in a row
Province of Utrecht – With less than a month until the provincial elections, RTV Utrecht is launching the UKiest online platform. Utrecht residents can go there for information about the…
Substantive discussions and small riot during the first major provincial election debate
The election campaign for the Provincial Council was kicked off last week, this week the first major election debate was organized by the Association of Netherlands Municipalities (VNG). On Monday…
Utrecht has a relatively large number of women in provincial politics, but nationally men dominate
The share of women in the water boards is much lower. In the Amstel, Gooi and Vecht water board, this is still fairly divided: there are 11 women (42.3 percent)…
Colorful kick-off Provincial Council elections: ‘Give color to the province by voting’
It is party leader Roy Luca of U26 municipalities who kicks off. He attacks the virgin canvas with the green brush. “The green color of our beautiful forests on the…
Grumpy about missing signs at Provincial Council elections: ‘The turnout is already so low’
The old election board with the name and list number of a political party on it. It may seem like an outdated way of drawing voters to the polls. Yet…
Never before so much choice: 19 parties participate in Utrecht Provincial Council elections
The other fourteen parties are the same as those that participated last time, namely GroenLinks, VVD, Forum voor Democratie, CDA, D66, PvdA, ChristenUnie, PVV, Party for the Animals, SP, SGP,…
Most new homes in 10 years last year, Woudenberg provincial leader
In the whole of the Netherlands, 74,000 new homes were added last year (0.9 percent), the largest increase in the past ten years. However, the number does not yet come…
ChristenUnie chooses Henriëtte Rikkoert as party leader in Provincial Council elections
As party leader, Rikkoert wants to find the connection, she says on her party’s website. “We have major challenges ahead of us. Think of the energy crisis, the housing crisis…
Socialists Utrecht does not participate in provincial elections
Member of Parliament Eggermont initially appealed against this decision, but later continued in the province under the flag of Socialists Utrecht. In practice, the party operated together with the SP…