Agnes Scarlet Joseph (born 15 April 1980) is a Dutch politician from the

New Social Contract New Social Contract ( ; NSC) is a centre to centre-right political party in the Netherlands founded by Pieter Omtzigt. History In early 2021, Omtzigt wrote the manifesto '' A New Social Contract'', with ideas for the Christian Democratic App ...

who was elected to the

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in the

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. Her focus is on pensions, financial markets, elderly and disabled care, and mental health. She described Dutch pension reforms passed in the previous term as disastrous, and she called the transfer of existing pension fund assets to the new system an infringement on property rights. When NSC entered the

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, no commitments were made about pension policy, but the coalition parties decided not to introduce any proposals before January 2025. That month, after the reforms had been enacted by the first pension funds, Joseph announced an

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, co-sponsored by party leader

Pieter Omtzigt Pieter Herman Omtzigt (; born 8 January 1974) is a Dutch former politician who served as a member of the House of Representatives (Netherlands), House of Representatives between 2003 and 2025 apart from a short interruption between June and Octo ...

and

Henk Vermeer Henk Vermeer (born 21 August 1966 ) is a Dutch politician of the Farmer–Citizen Movement (BBB). Early life and career Vermeer was born in Uddel, and he has five younger siblings. From 2018 to 2023, he was municipal councillor and parliamen ...

of the

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, that would require participants of pension funds to approve the move of existing assets to the new system through a

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House committee assignments

* Committee for the Intelligence and Security Services * Committee for Health, Welfare and Sport * Committee for Climate Policy and Green Growth

House committee assignments

Electoral history

References

See also