Movement 21 (, M21) is a Dutch local

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology ...

in the

special municipality Special municipality may refer to: * Special municipality (Netherlands) There are twelve provinces of the Netherlands (), representing the administrative layer between the national government and the local municipalities, with responsibility fo ...

Bonaire Bonaire (; , ; pap, Boneiru, , almost pronounced ) is a Dutch island in the Leeward Antilles in the Caribbean Sea. Its capital is the port of Kralendijk, on the west ( leeward) coast of the island. Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao form the ABC i ...

History

Movement 21 was founded on 1 October 2021 by independent island councillor Daisy Coffie. Coffie had been a member of the

Bonaire People's Movement The Bonaire People's Movement (, MPB; ) is a Dutch local political party in the special municipality of Bonaire Bonaire (; , ; pap, Boneiru, , almost pronounced ) is a Dutch island in the Leeward Antilles in the Caribbean Sea. Its capital is ...

(MPB) group in the island council of Bonaire since the 2015 election, but left the party in September 2020 following an internal dispute. Movement 21 describes itself as "

social liberal Social liberalism (german: Sozialliberalismus, es, socioliberalismo, nl, Sociaalliberalisme), also known as new liberalism in the United Kingdom, modern liberalism, or simply liberalism in the contemporary United States, left-liberalism ...

" and "a

centrist Centrism is a political outlook or position involving acceptance or support of a balance of social equality and a degree of social hierarchy while opposing political changes that would result in a significant shift of society strongly to the l ...

progressive Progressive may refer to: Politics * Progressivism, a political philosophy in support of social reform ** Progressivism in the United States, the political philosophy in the American context * Progressive realism, an American foreign policy par ...

movement". The party participated in the 2023 island council election and electoral college election, winning one seat in both the island council and the electoral college for the Senate.

Electoral results

Island council elections

Electoral college elections

References

Centrist parties in the Netherlands Political parties in Bonaire Progressive parties Social liberal parties Political parties established in 2021 {{Netherlands-party-stub