In the plenary hall of the Senate, the renewed Annual Report 2024 was presented on Tuesday afternoon, March 18. It is a retrospective in which the main figures on legislative proposals are interspersed with descriptions of debates held in 2024, interviews, image pages, and reports of work visits and expert meetings.
Senate President Jan Anthonie Bruijn presented the first copy to one of the key figures of 2024: Eric van der Burg, who as state secretary vigorously defended his Distribution Act early in 2024. This earned him great appreciation, both in the senate and in the country. It was the political moment of 2024 in the Senate, said Bruijn.
The Senate examines laws for legality, feasibility, and enforceability, viewed through a political lens. The senate often works in the background. In 2005, the senate chose to account for itself with its own Annual Report in the context of transparency. After twenty years, the format was due for renewal. To emphasize the diversity of parliamentary work and to reach a broader audience, it was decided to make images leading and to let all fifteen factions also speak about the past year.
The Annual Report is published simultaneously on paper and digitally, distributed on open days, and aims to involve as many interested Dutch people as possible in what happens in the senate.
You can find a digitally accessible version of the Annual Report here: