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'Big possibility that the SP will be needed as partner in government'
15 newly elected representatives recieve flowers.
According to SP leader Emile Roemer, there is a good chance that the SP will prove necessary to the formation of a new governing coalition. “The first opportunity goes of course to those who made the biggest gains, the two right wing parties the VVD and the PVV. But in my view the formation of a right-wing coalition is going to present difficulties, given the result." » Read more
“Fair Shares and an Attack on Poverty”
Emile Roemer's May Day speech
Speaking in Den Helder, SP leader Emile Roemer used his May Day address to argue for a fair share for all, for poverty to be attacked, the retirement age to be maintained at 65 and for the return of Dutch soldiers from the war in Afghanistan. "With fair trade and tax justice the unequal division of prosperity in the world can be addressed. That will be better for everyone," said the SP's new leading candidate in the coming elections. "As things stand, as many people in the poorer parts of the world die from a lack of food as die in the richer part from eating too much, or too much fatty food." » Read more
Introducing the Socialist Party
The Dutch Socialist Party (SP) works inside and outside parliament to achieve its goal: a society in which human dignity, equality and solidarity take precedence.
In terms of membership the SP, with more then 46,000 members, is the third biggest party in the Netherlands. Only the Christian Democrats (CDA) and Labour Party (PvdA) are bigger.
Members of the SP are factory workers and students, nurses and maintenance engineers, accountants and boat-builders, school students and pensioners. Every member is in a branch and has the right to speak and participate in decision-making at branch meetings. Each branch chooses its own executive and nominates candidates for elected office. On this basis the SP’s national organs – the Party Executive, the Party Council and the Congress – are also democratically elected.
In terms of the number of seats held in the various elected bodies which make up the Dutch political system, the SP also comes in at number three. We have twenty-five Members in the 150-seat ‘Tweede Kamer’ (corresponding to the House of Commons or House of Representatives), eleven in the Eerste Kamer (the Senate), two in the European Parliament and more than three-hundred and fifty representatives on local councils and in provincial assemblies. The SP’s elected representatives donate their expenses to the party, keeping only out-of-pocket, receipted costs. The surplus helps to cover the party’s activities.
Using the menu in the left-bar, you can get to know the SP’s branches, representatives, activities, and publications. You’ll also find the Party’s Charter and the Action Programme, and a selection of recent SP news. But maybe you want to start by reading the brief history of the SP
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