The party boards of GroenLinks and the PvdA nominate Frans Timmermans as our lead candidate for the House of Representatives elections.
In the past week, a joint lead candidate committee from GroenLinks and the PvdA has been working on selecting a candidate lead candidate. The committee unanimously nominates Frans Timmermans as lead candidate. The party boards have adopted this nomination. The lead candidate committee was formed by Andrée van Es, Nelleke Vedelaar, Ineke van Gent, and Jeroen Dijsselbloem.
Vision, Experience, and Connection
The committee praises the vision, experience, and strong leadership of Timmermans. “In Frans Timmermans, the committee sees a convincing leader of GroenLinks-PvdA and a figurehead for the new movement. He has a clear vision for the social and green future of the Netherlands. With a friendly and open attitude and a very extensive experience in domestic and foreign politics, the committee sees in him a strong, connecting leader in a time of rising tensions and polarization. This makes Frans Timmermans very suitable as lead candidate for GroenLinks-PvdA.”
Franss Reaction
In an initial reaction, Frans Timmermans says he is proud of the nomination:
“It is a great honor to be nominated. In these elections, we as a party will fight to move forward together. Because only together are we strong; division does not take us further. Over the past two years, I have repeatedly spoken to people who are part of the social majority. People who contribute, care, teach, work, provide informal care – and who despite their efforts find it is not enough. They do what is asked, but are not seen or protected. Time and again, the same message sounded: give us a government that is fair, that does not look away, and strengthens what we love. Give us solid ground under our feet again. That is what GroenLinks-PvdA stands for: solidarity is our foundation. Solidarity means that we seek solutions together for todays problems. Because young people deserve a better future, the climate crisis needs a decisive approach, and extremes need a powerful and convincing response. Our country must be fairer, our world safer, and our future more livable and greener; that is our goal. We look out for each other. We do not let each other go, even when it gets difficult.”
Voting
All eligible voting members of our parties will receive their voting code by email today and can express their opinion on the nomination via digital voting until this coming Friday at 15:00. Because the party board has nominated one candidate, you can vote for Frans Timmermans, or none of the candidates. The email with the voting code for the lead candidate voting has the title: “Frans Timmermans Nominated as Lead Candidate GroenLinks-PvdA“. If you have questions about this, you can read everything here about the voting. The results will follow later that same day. The next day, the lead candidate will obviously speak at the congress. All information about this will be sent to all members this week by email. Also, take a look here for the entire program!
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