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Jan Cees Vogelaar hopes for preferential votes
Jan Cees Vogelaar, the farmer of JA21, hopes to get into the House of Representatives with preferential votes. Jan Klink, the intended agricultural spokesperson for the VVD, is celebrating the resounding victory, but is still in suspense. And SGP MP Roelof Bisschop hopes that there will be sufficient leeway for Dutch agriculture in the coalition talks.
Jan Cees Vogelaar thinks it's 'very positive' that JA21 got 4 seats out of nowhere. He himself is at number 7, so we have to wait for the preferential votes. "It's better if I'm in it, but 1: there is a program. And 2: I continue to contribute knowledge and content, as I am already doing to the Senate and a number of provinces," said Vogelaar when asked.
JA21 would like to rule
JA21 does not shy away from co-ruling. Even though the party has 'only' 4 seats in the House of Representatives, party leader Joost Eerdmans pointed out in the media that the JA21-affiliated Fraction-Nanninga has 8 seats in the Senate. The current coalition does not have a majority in the Senate. Vogelaar: "Depending on the content of the coalition agreement, we can work together, but we must be able to adequately express the things we want for the Netherlands. If that is not possible in terms of content, then not."
For Roelof Bisschop it was all about: could the voter allow him to sit in the House of Representatives for another 4 years? Yes, because the SGP remains stable at 3 seats. "We did have some competition on the right of Forum, BoerBurgerBeweging and JA21. We managed to survive in that violence. You always secretly hope for some expansion, but given the shift and the newcomers, we are really happy. with joy and enthusiasm."
Things that oppose
Bishop hopes that agriculture will have sufficient leeway under a new coalition. "A balanced policy, not boarded up by intentions that you can listen to at D66. Otherwise I see a lot of damage for agriculture. If it succeeds in creating sufficient space, then I think that improvements can be made in the coming period in the policy preparation and That depends on what the coalition agreement will look like and how the elaboration of the agricultural agreement will take place in it."
In the field of agricultural policy, there are more and more things that stand against him, he says. "Sometimes it is based on wafer-thin ice floors. As with nitrogen policy. It cannot be true that you deal with critical deposition values and calculations in this way. The Council of State has also put a finger on it when it comes to calculations. a lot to do. There are also forces that want the agricultural agreement to become an agricultural and nature agreement. But no, the motion is clear for an agricultural agreement, a multi-year perspective for the agricultural sector."
Jan Klink (VVD) happy, but not sure of place yet
It also remains exciting for VVD member Jan Klink. He is at number 35, exactly the number of seats that his party has obtained according to the provisional results. He says in a response: "The VVD has achieved a wonderful election victory. We are very happy with that and we thank the voter for their support and vote. May 31st take a seat in the new House of Representatives."
Linda van Eekeres
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