Bontenbal gives CDA more seats, but a small hangover remains: premiership out of the picture

He came, saw, and peaked just too early. Henri Bontenbal (42) gives his CDA a large election win, but the Rotterdammer will not become prime minister. CDA members praise the resurrection: ‘We are back!’ But there will soon be a nagging feeling: how would things have turned out without Jetten’s rise and Bontenbal’s ‘beta brain’?

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