The Grand Kick-off of the new political season

The House of Representatives met again this week for the first time since the summer recess. And even though you see familiar faces in the Chamber building, the new political reality is already palpable. Reason enough for a major preview of the upcoming election campaign.

In this first Hague Affairs of the new season we outline the new political reality and look ahead. How are the various parties doing? What do we know about the new protagonists? And we will look for clues that can tell us something about the upcoming campaign period. What kind of campaign will it be?

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Guests:
Lamyae Aharouay, Petra de Koning & Philip de Witt Wijnen
Presentation:
Guus Valk
Editorial & production:
Ignace Schoot
Edit:
Pieter Bakker
Photo:
Phil Nijhuis / ANP

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