Democratic Socialists '70
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Democratic Socialists '70
Democratisch Socialisten '70 |
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| Founded | 4 April 1970 |
| Dissolved | 1983 |
| Split from | PvdA |
| Ideology |
Social democracy Anti-communism |
Democratic Socialists '70 (Dutch: Democratisch Socialisten '70, DS'70) was a social democraticpolitical party in the Netherlands.
DS'70 was founded on 4 April 1970 as the result of a split from the Labour Party (PvdA). In June 1970, two members of the House of Representatives, Goedhart and Schuitemaker, left the PvdA and became members of DS'70, because of the anti-American position the PvdA had taken in the Vietnam war. They had previously been frustrated by its cooperation with other left-wing parties, such as the Pacifist Socialist Party, and its left-wing fiscal policy.
In its declaration of principles (Beginselverklaring), DS'70 argued that whilst the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) lacked the comprehension of the necessity of social and economic reforms, the PvdA had acquired anarchist and unrealistic pacifist aspirations
In the 1971 general election, the party won eight seats in parliament. After the elections, the party cooperated in the first Biesheuvel cabinet, together with the VVD, Anti Revolutionary Party (ARP), Christian Historical Union (CHU) and Catholic People's Party (KVP). The party supplied two ministers and two junior ministers, among them the party leader, Willem Drees jr, who became minister of Transport and Water Works. In 1972 the cabinet fell because of the opposition of DS'70 to the proposed budget. DS'70 ministers refused to accept budget cuts in their own departments.
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