De Greve: “The PVV is a protest party. Many people vote for it who do not really like the entire election manifesto, but it is a signal to the established order: things must go in this direction.”
BBB
Two other parties have already registered: the BBB and Hart voor Amsterdam by Wil van Soest, who will not be party leader himself. “The success of the small parties depends on whether or not they are a well-known party leader,” says De Greve. About the BBB he says: “I don’t believe it can be done here. You can hold me to account for it.”
Let’s go back to the current composition of the council: because not every party on the right will return, he thinks. The question remains whether parties such as JA21, Forum for Democracy and the CDA will return. “The CDA barely survived last time due to the merger with Weesp. This is the most interesting thing that will happen. The rest is fairly predictable.”
Campaign
And so parties have to profile themselves and campaign, but De Greve would like to say something about that. “You see that they are only concerned with The Hague. Councilor Rutger Groot Wassink recently characterized his own party members as too well-behaved. That is actually the entire city council. Ensure a fierce debate.”
One of the parties ‘on the seesaw’ is the CDA. Rogier Havelaar, party leader and recently elected party leader, responds to this: