Christian Democratic Appeal
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Christian Democratic Appeal
Christen-Democratisch Appèl |
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| Abbreviation | CDA |
| Leader | Sybrand van Haersma Buma |
| Chairman | Ruth Peetoom |
| Honorary chairman | Piet Steenkamp |
| Leader in the Senate | Elco Brinkman |
| Leader in the House of Representatives | Sybrand van Haersma Buma |
| Leader in the European Parliament | Esther de Lange |
| Founded | 23 June 1973 (as Political alliance) 11 October 1980 (as Unitary Party) |
| Merger of | ARP, CHU and KVP |
| Headquarters | Partijbureau CDA Buitenom 18 The Hague |
| Youth wing | Christian Democratic Youth Appeal |
| Thinktank | Wetenschappelijk bureau CDA |
| Ideology | Christian democracy |
| Political position |
Centre to Centre-right |
| European affiliation | European People's Party |
| International affiliation | Centrist Democrat International |
| European Parliament group | European People's Party |
| Colours | Green |
| Senate |
12 / 75
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| House of Representatives |
13 / 150
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| King's Commissioners |
4 / 12
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| States-Provincial |
89 / 570
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| European Parliament |
5 / 26
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| Website | |
| www.cda.nl | |
The Christian Democratic Appeal (Dutch: Christen-Democratisch Appèl, pronounced [krɪstə(n)deːmoːkraːtis ɑˈpɛl]; CDA) is a Christian-democraticpolitical party in the Netherlands founded in 1977, which participated in all but three governments since then. It was a merger from the Catholic People's Party (which through its antecedents had been part of every government since 1918), the Anti-Revolutionary Party and the Christian Historical Union.
The party suffered severe losses in the 2010 elections, losing half of its seats to fall to fourth place in the House of Representatives. From 2010 to 2012 consequently, the CDA was a junior coalition partner in a right-wing minority cabinet with the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), supported in parliament by the Party for Freedom (PVV). The CDA had 6 ministers in the first Rutte cabinet along with the 6 VVD cabinet ministers. Some senior offices were held. Sybrand van Haersma Buma leads the CDA in the House of Representatives and has been the new Party leader since May 18, 2012.
Subsequently the CDA again lost a considerable number of seats in the 2012 elections, dropping to fifth place.
Since 1880 the sizeable Catholic and Protestant parties had worked together in the so-called Coalitie. They shared a common interest in public funding of religious schools. In 1888 they formed the first Christian-democratic government, led by the Anti-Revolutionary Æneas Baron Mackay. The cooperation was not without problems and in 1894 the more anti-papist and aristocratic conservatives left the Protestant Anti Revolutionary Party, to found the Christian Historical Union. The main issues dividing Protestants and Catholics was the position of the Dutch Representation at the Holy See and the future of the Dutch Indies.
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