If the Groen Links-PvdA cartel wins the Dutch parliamentary elections today, Frans Timmermans (62) will become the new prime minister. It would be the crowning glory for this immensely ambitious politician. But who actually is this man, who as a child had to endure the ridicule of his classmates because he was of humble origins and was even abused by a priest as a 13-year-old?
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PORTRAIT. ‘Climate Pope’ Frans Timmermans may soon be the new Prime Minister of the Netherlands: “Working 80 hours a week is very normal for him”
