Whether Marjolein Moorman will immediately move to The Hague? Absolutely not. “This is the most beautiful city in the world, of course I will not leave,” she laughs.
For the past fifteen years, Moorman has been active as a municipal councilor, party leader, alderman and deputy mayor. She committed herself to equality and education. “I have learned that you have to listen to the people that it is about. That’s why I love local politics. You are close to people. You know what is going on in the city, in the streets and people at home. You can make a better policy. I think The Hague is often far too far from what people need.”
Not on the sidelines
Her period as an alderman will stop at the end of this period. In addition, the cabinet fell, which forced Moorman to think about her political next steps. “Now that my term ends, the question is whether I want politics and therefore have to stand on the sidelines. But it is absolutely no time for that now. Equality is under pressure, there is enormous polarization in society and I think we should be against that. And I really want to do my best for that in The Hague. “
Moorman remains alderman until the national elections in October. She does not yet know what place she will get on the list. “In any case, not chairman of the political group. We already have a party leader and he is doing fantastic,” she laughs.