Labour Party (Netherlands)
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Labour Party
Partij van de Arbeid |
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| Abbreviation | PvdA |
| Leader | Lodewijk Asscher |
| Party Chairperson | Hans Spekman |
| Leader in the Senate | Marleen Barth |
| Leader in the House of Representatives | Attje Kuiken |
| Leader in the European Parliament | Paul Tang |
| Founded | 9 February 1946 |
| Merger of | SDAP, VDB, CDU |
| Headquarters | Partijbureau PvdA Herengracht 54 Amsterdam |
| Youth wing | Young Socialists in the PvdA |
| Think tank | Wiardi Beckman Foundation |
| Ideology | Social democracy |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| European affiliation | Party of European Socialists |
| International affiliation | Progressive Alliance |
| European Parliament group | Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats |
| Colours | Red |
| Senate |
8 / 75
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| House of Representatives |
36 / 150
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| King's Commissioners |
2 / 12
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| States-Provincial |
64 / 570
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| European Parliament |
3 / 26
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| Website | |
| http://www.pvda.nl/ | |
The Labour Party (Dutch: Partij van de Arbeid; Dutch pronunciation: [pɑrtɛi vɑn də 'ʔɑrbɛit], shortened PvdA [peːveːdeː'ʔaː]) is a social-democraticpolitical party in the Netherlands. Since 5 November 2012, the PvdA has governed in coalition with the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) in the second Rutte cabinet.
The Labour Party (PvdA) was founded on 9 February 1946, through a merger of three parties: the Social Democratic Workers' Party (SDAP), the social-liberal Free-thinking Democratic League (VDB) and progressive-Protestant Christian Democratic Union (CDU). They were joined by individuals from Catholic resistance group Christofoor and the Protestant parties Christian Historical Union (CHU) and Anti Revolutionary Party (ARP).
The founders of the PvdA wanted to create a broad party, breaking with the historic tradition of Pillarisation. This desire to come to a new political system was called the Doorbraak. The party combined socialists with liberal democrats and progressive Christians. However, the party was unable to break Pillarisation. Instead the new party renewed the close ties that SDAP had with other socialist organisations (see linked organisations). In 1948 some liberal members, led by former VDB leader Pieter Oud, left the PvdA because they were unhappy with the socialist course of the PvdA. Together with the Freedom Party, they formed the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), a conservative-liberal party.
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