Find our other interviews with liberal and democratic youth organisations here. The Jonge Democraten (Young Democrats) are a Dutch progressive-liberal youth organisation, founded in 1984. The organisation is affiliated with the political party D66. For this interview I spoke to…
Tag: D66
My Approach to Getting Involved in a Political Party
I recently graduated and have since gotten more involved in politics, by becoming more involved with the Dutch social-liberal party D66. At party events I noticed that a lot of people would like to get more involved as well, but…
Continue reading My Approach to Getting Involved in a Political Party
The Dutch Climate Agreement
In order to achieve the aims of the Paris agreement, the Dutch government passed a law that obliges itself to do so and let the people of the country decide on how to do it. In 2015, 195 members of…
The Dutch Climate Law: a Broad Agreement Pointing in the Right Direction
Wednesday the 27th of June 2018 was a historical day for the (political) climate in The Netherlands. On this day, seven political parties presented their proposal for a “Climate Law.” If it is passed, it will make the Netherlands the…
Continue reading The Dutch Climate Law: a Broad Agreement Pointing in the Right Direction
Licence to Heal: How to Make Healthcare Accessible to Everyone
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has” – Margaret Mead This quote is the motto of the License to Heal working group. A group of…
Continue reading Licence to Heal: How to Make Healthcare Accessible to Everyone
We Need to Cooperate with Populists
Like the latest organic, sustainable nutritional supplements and shakes, the word populism is trendy. It is hip yet, no one knows exactly what it means. Populism is undoubtedly the most used word of the past year − apart perhaps from…
Fifty Shades of Dutch Politics
Today, the Dutch people will be voting for a new parliament. In the last years, the Netherlands finally came out of the economic recession of 2008, and it had its share in the European migrant crisis. The current coalition of…
Ecstasy Shop in Amsterdam: Jonge Democraten’s Campaign to Legalise MDMA
In spring last year, social liberal youth party Jonge Democraten (JD) opened up a pop up shop selling Ecstacy pills, in order to campaign for the legalisation of MDMA. Libel editor Krijn van Eeden interviewed JD president Wouter van Erkel…
Continue reading Ecstasy Shop in Amsterdam: Jonge Democraten’s Campaign to Legalise MDMA
Istanbul GA Keynote Speech: Short-Termist Populism Can’t Solve Our Problems – Ivo Thijssen
It a pleasure to address you on behalf of Dutch liberal democratic party D66. Today I was asked to share some thoughts with you regarding the recent Dutch no vote on the EU-Ukraine Association Treaty, the refugee crisis and finally…