Oct 31 2023 34 mins 9
The Netherlands goes to the polls on 22 November in what is set to be a nail-biting general election. Pieter Omtzigt’s New Social Contract, a challenger party created only last summer, is predicted to become one of the major political parties in the Dutch parliament - and probably, too, in the next Dutch government. What does the new party stand for? How will its emergence affect the Dutch party system? What are the other key contenders in this election? And why did former Prime Minister Rutte decide to call a snap election in the first place? In this episode, Raul Gomez, co-editor of the Political Data Yearbook, discusses the upcoming Dutch general election with Léonie De Jonge (University of Groningen) and Simon Otjes (University of Leiden).
This podcast was recorded on 24 October.
