The Party for the Future (; ) was a short-lived

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in the

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that had been active in the

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as the Krol/Van Kooten-Arissen Group (). Founded in May 2020, it had intended to participate in the 2021 general election, but was dissolved in October 2020 due to internal disagreements.

History

Foundation and merger with the Otten Group

The Party for the Future (PvdT) was founded on 3 May 2020 by

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members of the House of Representatives

Henk Krol Henricus Cornelis Maria "Henk" Krol (; born 1 April 1950) is a Dutch journalist, publisher, entrepreneur, activist and politician. He has been a member of the House of Representatives since 10 September 2014. He used to be the leader of 50PLUS, ...

and Femke Merel van Kooten-Arissen. The former had been the

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since 10 September 2014, but left the party on 3 May 2020 following an internal dispute with the rest of the party's leadership. The latter had been active as an independent MP since her departure from the

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on 16 July 2019, and had become a member of 50PLUS in December 2019. Since the party was not formally elected into the

, the name "Krol/Van Kooten-Arissen Group" () had to be used for the new

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formed by Krol and Van Kooten-Arissen. In June 2020, negotiations between the Krol/Van Kooten-Arissen Group and Senators

Henk Otten Henk Otten (born 30 May 1967) is a Dutch politician and economist. He has been a member of the Senate since June 2019. He was the co-founder of the party Forum for Democracy (FvD) along with Thierry Baudet. He served as FvD treasurer from 2016 to ...

and Jeroen de Vries led to the merger of the Otten Group (GO) – a party that split from

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– into the Party for the Future.

Departure of Van Kooten-Arissen and Krol

On 5 August 2020, Van Kooten-Arissen announced that she had ended her cooperation with Krol. She claimed to have been left out of the decision-making surrounding the merger, and stated that she could not accept that Otten was to dictate the future policies of the party as its

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. As a result, the Krol/Van Kooten-Arissen Group was dissolved on 8 August 2020. On 18 October 2020, co-founder and leader Henk Krol also left the party after a dispute with board members Otten and De Vries over the expulsion of the party's

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, and an

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text message sent by De Vries to one of Krol's employees. Initially, Otten had expressed his intention to continue using the name "Party for the Future", but later began using the name "Otten Group" again.

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History

Foundation and merger with the Otten Group

Departure of Van Kooten-Arissen and Krol

See also

References

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