EénVandaag (''OneToday'') is a

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programme broadcast on the

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public television network

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(formerly Nederland 1), The programme, which airs on Monday to Saturday evenings at 6:15pm CET is a co-production of the broadcasting associations

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and

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, and since 2014

AVROTROS AVROTROS () is a Dutch radio and television broadcaster that is part of the Dutch public broadcasting system. It was founded in 2014 as the result of a merger between the Algemene Vereniging Radio Omroep (AVRO) and the Televisie Radio Omroep Stic ...

. ''Eén Vandaag'' initially aired on

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as ''Twee Vandaag'' and was launched in 1993 as a joint-production between the

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broadcasters

, the EO and Veronica. Up until that point, the three companies had produced their own weekly current affairs programmes - ''TROS Aktua'', ''Tijdsein'' (EO) and ''Nieuwslijn'' (Veronica). Since then, the roll-call of participating broadcasters has changed several times. Currently, the programme is presented on alternate nights by Bas van Werven (originalfrom TROS) and

Pieter Jan Hagens Pieter Jan Hagens (born 14 August 1958) is a Dutch radio and television presenter. Career He is known for presenting ''EenVandaag'', ''Jules Unlimited'' and '' Buitenhof''. He also presented the radio program ''Spijkers met Koppen''. Between ...

(original from AVRO). The programme's editor-in-chief is Jan Kriek. ''EénVandaag'' is also broadcast each weekday on the international television station

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Dossier EenVandaag

Since 2014 EenVandaag has also a spin off called ''Dossier EenVandaag'' that will be broadcast irregular, the concept is that questions were answered by Jan Born and Sander 't Sas, the emphasis is on criminality, corruption and secret documents leaked by whistleblowers.

Opinion panel

A recurring feature of the program is the Opinion Panel, a group of over 35,000 viewers who are regularly asked, via the

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, for their opinion on current topics. This makes it one of the largest opinion panels in the Netherlands.

Politician of the year

In December 2004 the members of the opinion panel (together with

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), were asked to choose their "politician of the year". Each group was asked to rank both the best and the worst politicians. The parliamentarians chose as their best politician the

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leader

Jan Marijnissen Johannes Guillaume Christianus Andreas "Jan" Marijnissen () (born 8 October 1952) is a retired Dutch politician of the Socialist Party (SP). Marijnissen, a welder by occupation, was selected as Leader of the Socialist Party after the death of ...

, followed by CDA leader (and

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at the time)

Jan Peter Balkenende Jan Pieter "Jan Peter" Balkenende Jr. (; born 7 May 1956) is a Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and jurist who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 22 July 2002 to 14 October 2010. Balkenende studied H ...

, followed by

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(leader of the PvdA). As worst politician they chose

Rita Verdonk Maria Cornelia Frederika "Rita" Verdonk (born 18 October 1955) is a retired Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) and later founder of the Proud of the Netherlands (Trots) party and businesswoman. Verdonk atten ...

, describing her as an "elephant in a china cabinet" (a Dutch expression meaning ruthless and incompetent).

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and

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are also elected to the Politician of the Year. The members of the opinion panel also selected Marijnissen as best politician, but chose Bos as the worst. Remarkably, Verdonk appeared in second place and Balkenende in third on both the best and the worst lists.

Presenters and editors

;Current * Jan Kriek (editor-in-chief) * Bas van Werven (presenter) *

(presenter) *

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(presenter) ;Former *

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(EO; editor in chief) *

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(EO; presenter) *

(AVRO; presenter) *

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(TROS; presenter) * Klaas Samplonius (TROS; editor in chief) * Jeroen Snel (EO; presenter) * André Zwartbol (EO; presenter) *

Antoinette Hertsenberg Antoinette Hertsenberg (born 28 December 1964) is a Dutch television presenter. She is known for presenting the Dutch consumer television shows ''Radar'' and ''Opgelicht?!'', the latter for over sixteen years. Career She also presents the tel ...

(TROS)

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