The Amsterdam alderman and the local party leader of D66, Reinier van Dantzig, immediately lays down his duties. He has that on Tuesday per letter let the city council know. Van Dantzig (39) was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis earlier this year and writes that he feels “not fit enough” to perform his task.
“It was an honor and a privilege to deduct such a substantial part of my life to date with Amsterdam,” writes Van Dantzig, who was chosen for the first time in the city council eleven years ago. The owner of various cafés and other catering establishments in Amsterdam had been closely involved in the very successful campaign for the 2014 elections and for the first party in the Local Pvda was able to become the local Pvda.
In 2017, Van Dantzig party chairman Jan Paternotte, who went to the Lower House that year, succeeded as a local party leader. Under Van Dantzig, D66 was given a somewhat more gentle character and improved the relationships with other parties, also with the PvdA. In 2022, in a college with PvdA and GroenLinks, he became alderman for housing, land and development and spatial planning for D66.
When he was diagnosed with MS in January, he said Het Parool That he had decided in good consultation with his wife and children to continue working for as long as it could. ,, I can sit in a corner crying, or get everything out of life. I choose the latter, “he said in an interview at the time. Now his spokesperson says that the situation has deteriorated, that Van Dantzig has a lot of problems with the treatment.” He is much more sick, much more tired, and can no longer work structurally. ” For the time being, his fellow aldermen will take over the duties of Van Dantzig. It is up to D66 to nominate a new alderman.