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Partij van de Arbeid

Labour Party
Partij van de Arbeid
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
Membership  (2017) 46,162
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
House of Representatives
35 / 150
King's Commissioners
2 / 12
States-Provincial
64 / 570
European Parliament
3 / 26
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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