Voters give Dutch democracy a measly 5.2. Seven years ago that was still 6.4. This emerged this week from a study by Ipsos I&O, commissioned by NRC. A dramatic decline, but what’s behind it?
In this episode of Haagse Zaken, presenter Guus Valk discusses with The Hague editors Rosa Uijtewaal, Christiaan Pelgrim and Liam van de Ven the distrust in democracy and what that means for the upcoming elections.
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- Guests:
- Christiaan Pelgrim, Rosa Uijtewaal and Liam van de Ven
- Presentation:
- Guus Valk
- Editorial & production:
- Fleur Kleinhuis
- Assembly:
- Pieter Bakker
- Image:
- Bart Maat
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