EénVandaag (''OneToday'') is a current affairs programme broadcast on the Dutch public television network

NPO 1 NPO 1 (known as Nederland 1 until 2014) is the first national television station in the Netherlands. It launched on 2 October 1951. It provides public broadcasting and currently exists next to sister channels NPO 2 and NPO 3. Several broadcastin ...

(formerly Nederland 1), The programme, which airs on Monday to Saturday evenings at 6:15pm CET is a co-production of the broadcasting associations

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and

TROS TROS, originally an acronym for Televisie Radio Omroep Stichting ("Television Radio Broadcasting Foundation"), was a Dutch television and radio organisation part of the Dutch public broadcasting system. This broadcasting association was partic ...

, and since 2014

AVROTROS AVROTROS () is a Dutch radio and television broadcaster that is part of the Dutch public broadcasting system. It was founded in 2014 as the result of a merger between the Algemene Vereniging Radio Omroep (AVRO) and the TROS, Televisie Radio Omro ...

. ''Eén Vandaag'' initially aired on

Nederland 2 NPO 2 (known as Nederland 2 until 2014) is a Dutch television channel, the sister channel of NPO 1 and NPO 3. It was established on 1 October 1964 at 20:00, initially with a 2.5-hour schedule until 22:30. NPO 2 tends to broadcast arts, culture ...

as ''Twee Vandaag'' and was launched in 1993 as a joint-production between the pillar broadcasters

, the EO and Veronica. Up until that point, the three companies had produced their own weekly current affairs programmes - ''TROS Aktua'', ''Tijdsein'' (EO) and ''Nieuwslijn'' (Veronica). Since then, the roll-call of participating broadcasters has changed several times. Currently, the programme is presented on alternate nights by Bas van Werven (originalfrom TROS) and Pieter Jan Hagens (original from AVRO). The programme's editor-in-chief is Jan Kriek. ''EénVandaag'' is also broadcast each weekday on the international television station BVN.

Dossier EenVandaag

Since 2014 EenVandaag has also a spin off called ''Dossier EenVandaag'' that will be broadcast irregular, the concept is that questions were answered by Jan Born and Sander 't Sas, the emphasis is on criminality, corruption and secret documents leaked by whistleblowers.

Opinion panel

A recurring feature of the program is the Opinion Panel, a group of over 35,000 viewers who are regularly asked, via the

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, for their opinion on current topics. This makes it one of the largest opinion panels in the Netherlands.

Politician of the year

In December 2004 the members of the opinion panel (together with members of parliament), were asked to choose their "politician of the year". Each group was asked to rank both the best and the worst politicians. The parliamentarians chose as their best politician the

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leader

Jan Marijnissen Johannes Guillaume Christianus Andreas "Jan" Marijnissen () (born 8 October 1952) is a retired Dutch politician of the Socialist Party (SP). Marijnissen, a welder by occupation, was selected as Leader of the Socialist Party after the death of ...

, followed by CDA leader (and

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at the time)

Jan Peter Balkenende Jan Pieter Balkenende Jr. ( ; born 7 May 1956), commonly known as Jan Peter Balkenende, is a Dutch jurist and politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 22 July 2002 to 14 October 20 ...

, followed by

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(leader of the PvdA). As worst politician they chose Rita Verdonk, describing her as an "elephant in a china cabinet" (a Dutch expression meaning ruthless and incompetent).

Geert Wilders Geert Wilders (born 6 September 1963) is a Dutch politician who has led the far-right Party for Freedom (PVV) since he founded it in 2006. He is also the party's leader in the House of Representatives. Wilders is best known for his right-wing p ...

and

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are also elected to the Politician of the Year. The members of the opinion panel also selected Marijnissen as best politician, but chose Bos as the worst. Remarkably, Verdonk appeared in second place and Balkenende in third on both the best and the worst lists.

Presenters and editors

;Current * Jan Kriek (editor-in-chief) * Bas van Werven (presenter) * Pieter Jan Hagens (presenter) * Rik van de Westelaken (presenter) * Suzanne Bosman (presenter) * Rob Hadders (presenter) * Roos Moggré (presenter) * Hila Noorzai (presenter) ;Former * Peter Beker (EO; editor in chief) * Tijs van den Brink (EO; presenter) * Pieter Jan Hagens (AVRO; presenter) * Jaap Jongbloed (TROS; presenter) * Klaas Samplonius (TROS; editor in chief) * Jeroen Snel (EO; presenter) * André Zwartbol (EO; presenter) * Antoinette Hertsenberg (TROS)

External links

* Dutch television news shows 1993 Dutch television series debuts 1990s Dutch television series 2000s Dutch television series 2010s Dutch television series NPO 1 original programming {{Netherlands-tv-prog-stub