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Polarisation Strategy
The polarisation strategy was a political strategy in the Netherlands used by the Labour Party (PvdA) from 1966 to the 1980s. With this strategy, the party aimed to emphasise the differences with the confessional parties, particularly the Catholic People's Party (KVP) and its successor Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA). By highlighting these differences, the party attempted to create a division in Dutch politics based on conservative versus progressive lines. The intellectual father of the strategy was Ed van Thijn. Characteristics According to political scientist Philip van Praag, the polarisation strategy had three characteristics: # Splitting the Dutch electorate into progressive versus conservative # A self-sufficient progressive majority # Forming coalitions prior to the elections to create clarity for the cabinet formation Development The polarisation strategy was a renewal of the breakthrough idea that the PvdA had embraced since World War II, aimed at breaking throu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cals Cabinet
The Cals cabinet was the Executive (government), executive branch of the Politics of the Netherlands, Dutch Government from 14 April 1965 until 22 November 1966. The cabinet was formed by the Christian democracy, christian-democratic Catholic People's Party (KVP) and Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) and the Social democracy, social-democratic Labour Party (Netherlands), Labour Party (PvdA) after the fall of the previous Marijnen cabinet, Cabinet Marijnen. The cabinet was a Centre-left coalition and had a substantial majority government, majority in the House of Representatives (Netherlands), House of Representatives; prominent Catholic People's Party, Catholic politician Jo Cals, a former Minister of Education, served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Prime Minister. Leader of the Labour Party (Netherlands), Labour Leader Anne Vondeling served as Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Deputy Prime Minister and List of Ministers of Finance of the Netherlands, Minister of Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People's Party For Freedom And Democracy
The People's Party for Freedom and Democracy ( , VVD) is a Conservative liberalism, conservative-liberal List of political parties in the Netherlands, political party in the Netherlands. The VVD, whose forerunner was the Freedom Party (Netherlands), Freedom Party, is a party of the centre-right that tries to promote Privately owned enterprise, private enterprise and economic liberalism. History Founding In 1947, the Freedom Party (Netherlands), Freedom Party led by Dirk Stikker and the Committee-Oud led by Pieter Oud started negotiations with the goal of a merger. The Conservative liberalism, conservative liberal Freedom Party was a continuation of the Liberal State Party, but was disappointed with only six seats in the 1946 Dutch general election, 1946 general election. The Committee-Oud was a group of former members of the social liberal Free-thinking Democratic League (VDB), who had been dissatisfied with the social-democratic character of the Labour Party (Netherlands), La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First Van Agt Cabinet
The first Van Agt cabinet, also called the Van Agt–Wiegel cabinet, was the Executive (government), executive branch of the Politics of the Netherlands, Dutch Government from 19 December 1977 until 11 September 1981. The cabinet was formed by the Christian democracy, christian-democratic Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) and the Conservative liberalism, conservative-liberal People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) after the 1977 Dutch general election, election of 1977. The cabinet was a centre-right coalition and had a slim majority government, majority in the House of Representatives (Netherlands), House of Representatives with Leader of the Christian Democratic Appeal, Christian Democratic Leader Dries van Agt serving as Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Prime Minister. Leader of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy, Liberal Leader Hans Wiegel served as Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Deputy Prime Minister and List of Ministers of the Interior of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1977 Dutch Cabinet Formation
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Anti-Revolutionary Party
The Anti-Revolutionary Party (, ARP) was a Protestant conservative and Christian democratic political party in the Netherlands. The party was founded in 1879 by Abraham Kuyper, a neo-Calvinist theologian and minister who served as Prime Minister between 1901 and 1905. In 1980 the party merged with the Catholic People's Party (KVP) and the Christian Historical Union (CHU) to form the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA). History History before 1879 The anti-revolutionary parliamentary caucus had existed since the 1840s. It represented orthodox tendencies within the Dutch Reformed Church. Under the leadership of Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer the anti-revolutionaries became a real political force, which opposed the liberal tendencies within the Dutch Reformed Church and the liberal tendencies within Dutch politics. Their three values were "God, the Netherlands, and the House of Orange". An important issue was public education, which in the view of the anti-revolutionaries ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1972-1973 Dutch Cabinet Formation
Year 197 ( CXCVII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Magius and Rufinus (or, less frequently, year 950 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 197 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * February 19 – Battle of Lugdunum: Emperor Septimius Severus defeats the self-proclaimed emperor Clodius Albinus at Lugdunum (modern Lyon). Albinus commits suicide; legionaries sack the town. * Septimius Severus returns to Rome and has about 30 of Albinus's supporters in the Roman Senate, Senate executed. After his victory he declares himself the adopted son of the late Marcus Aurelius. * Septimius Severus forms new Roman navy, naval units, manning all the triremes in Italy with heavily armed troops for war in the East. His soldiers embark on an artificial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
