The Concentration was a coalition of
Dutch liberal parties between 1901 and 1918. The
Vrijzinnig Democratische Bond
The Free-thinking Democratic League ( nl, Vrijzinnig Democratische Bond, VDB) was a progressive liberal political party in the Netherlands. Established in 1901, it played a relatively large role in Dutch politics, supplying one Prime Minister, Wi ...
,
Liberale Unie
The Liberal Union ( nl, Liberale Unie) was a conservative liberal political party in the Netherlands. A major party in its time, the Liberals were one of the historic predecessors of the Liberal State Party, and therefore of the People's Party f ...
and the
Bond Vrije Liberalen
The League of Free Liberals ( nl, Bond van Vrije Liberalen) was a Dutch classical liberal political party and a predecessor of the Liberal State Party which is historically linked to the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy, the major Dutch ...
participated. The main issue which united these parties was
universal suffrage
Universal suffrage (also called universal franchise, general suffrage, and common suffrage of the common man) gives the right to vote to all adult citizens, regardless of wealth, income, gender, social status, race, ethnicity, or political stanc ...
and their opposition to
equal financing for religious schools. The Concentration governed between 1905 and 1908, led by the
Theo de Meester
Theodoor Herman "Theo" de Meester (16 December 1851 – 27 December 1919) was a Dutch politician of the defunct Liberal Union (LU) now merged into the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) and economist. He served as Prime Minister of ...
with support of the social-democratic
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* Social Democratic Workers' Party (Netherlands), a Dutch political party founded in 1894 that later merged into the Labour Party (Netherlands)
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and 1913 and 1918 led by
Pieter Cort van der Linden
Pieter Wilhelm Adrianus Cort van der Linden (14 May 1846 – 15 July 1935) was a Dutch politician who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 29 August 1913 to 9 September 1918.
Biography
He was the last prime minister to lead a libe ...
in an
extra-parliamentary cabinet
The cabinet of the Netherlands ( nl, Nederlands kabinet) is the main executive body of the Netherlands. The current cabinet of the Netherlands is the Fourth Rutte cabinet, which has been in power since 10 January 2022. It is headed by Prime Minis ...
. In 1921 two of the component parties, the League of Free Liberals and the Liberal Union form the
Liberal State Party, the Freedom League.
1901 establishments in the Netherlands
1918 disestablishments in the Netherlands
Political history of the Netherlands
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