PORTRAIT. Architect of the largest green deal ever and now a contender to become Prime Minister of the Netherlands: who is Frans Timmermans (62)?

Super ambitions as a politician, vulnerable as a person: Frans Timmermans from Limburg can become the next Prime Minister of the Netherlands after the departure of Mark Rutte. He was a minister before, but left for Europe in 2014, where he became number two and closed the largest climate deal ever. In 2017, he openly told how he was abused by a priest as a 13-year-old.

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