The race for the Tower: how do you make a party leader worthy of prime minister?

With less than a week to go until the elections, the battle for the premiership is still wide open. By excluding Geert Wilders, Henri Bontenbal (CDA) and Frans Timmermans (GL/PvdA) seem to have the best credentials. Although Rob Jetten (D66) is the third dog lurking on the leg and looking for Timmermans’ shins. In any case, we will have a new Prime Minister, but how do you portray a party leader as worthy of the Torentje? Experienced experts tell how it once went with Mark Rutte and Jan Peter Balkenende.

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