Mayor Van Oosterhout characterizes Huttinge as a ‘shock absorber in the city council’. “He has developed into a connector who tried to bring extremes together on the political playing field. His message to his fellow councilors was: weigh your arguments, have an eye for the views of another and you realize that there is also a passable middle road.”
After 31 years, Henk Huttinga now leaves the city council and Michel Supheert is being succeeded.