The ChristenUnie in Rotterdam has come up with the best election poster in recent municipal elections. At least, if it is up to the members of the Association of Dutch Municipalities (VNG). The design by the Rotterdam department of CU has received more than 34 percent of the more than four thousand votes, reports ANP news agency.
The poster shows the Rotterdam skyline in a blue heart with the text ‘For a city with a heart’ above it. According to the jury of the poster competition, the slogan refers to the image The destroyed city by the French artist Ossip Zadkine. This was made in 1951 in response to the bombing of Rotterdam and is popularly known as ‘City without a heart’. CU will have a seat in the Rotterdam city council.
PvdA in Leiden received 25 percent of the vote and takes second place. On the red poster, recognizable places in Leiden are supported by the text ‘At home in your neighbourhood’. Number three is the Roosendaalse List from Roosendaal, which received 18 percent of the vote. The members’ magazine of the umbrella organization has declared an election for the best campaign poster for the third time.
This article is also part of our live blog: Provisional result: CDA loses 240 seats, VVD has to make do with 145 fewer councilors