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Farmer Grashoff leaves the House of Representatives
Rik Grashoff, the agricultural leader of GroenLinks, is leaving the House of Representatives. The reason for his early departure is the fact that he lied about his relationship with party chairman Marjolein Meijer.
Last week it was announced that Grashoff and Meijer had been in a relationship for some time. Grashoff was initially allowed to stay on, because they both pleaded guilty. However, early this week it turned out that their statement was half the truth. The relationship already existed before the elections to the House of Representatives (March 2016), while both had initially stated that it had only arisen afterwards.
According to party leader Jesse Klaver, confidence in the party has been damaged. In response, both members tendered their resignations. Grashoff is now finished as agricultural spokesperson after he held that position since 2015. Before that he was party chairman.
Committed agricultural spokesperson
Grashoff was a committed agricultural spokesperson on behalf of GroenLinks, who did not hide his views. For example, he was in favor of a shrinking livestock and opponent of the use of glyphosate† In addition, Grashoff also found that it manure policy failed in the Netherlands.
Although Grashoff's views were not always well received by farmers, he was an agricultural spokesperson who generally had his file knowledge in good order. Grashoff is succeeded by Laura Bromet, who will be sworn in on Thursday, June 7. Bromet is a former alderman of the municipality of Waterland and in the past was also a journalist for the Noordhollands Dablad.
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