Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe PartyLiberal European political partyThe Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party (ALDE Party) is a liberalEuropean political party composed of national parties from across Europe, mainly active in the European Union. The ALDE Party is affiliated with Liberal International and a recognised European political party, incorporated as a non-profit association under Belgian law.
Rob JettenMember of the House of RepresentativesIn office6 December 2023 – 23 February 2026Succeeded byRobin van LeijenIn office23 March 2017 – 10 January 2022Member of the NijmegenMunicipal CouncilIn office11 March 2010 – 29 March 2017Personal detailsBornRob Arnoldus Adrianus Jetten (1987-03-25) 25 March 1987Veghel, NetherlandsPartyDemocrats 66Domestic partnerNicolás Keenan (engaged)EducationRadboud University (BA, MA)SignatureRob Arnoldus Adrianus Jetten (Dutch:; born 25March 1987) is a Dutch politician who has served as prime minister of the Netherlands since February 2026.
List of political parties in the NetherlandsThis article lists political parties in the Netherlands. The country has a multi-party system with numerous political parties, and any one party has little chance of gaining power alone; parties work with each other to form coalition governments. The lower house of the legislature, the House of Representatives, is elected by a national party-list system of proportional representation.
Democrats 66Democrats 66 (Dutch: Democraten 66; D66) is a social-liberal and progressivepolitical party in the Netherlands, which is positioned on the centre to centre-left of the political spectrum. It is a member of the Liberal International (LI) and the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE). The party is led by Rob Jetten, who was elected party leader on 12 August 2023.
ProgressivismPolitical philosophy in support of progress and reformProgressivism is a political philosophy that seeks to make progress in the human condition through reforms aimed at increasing positive liberty. Progressivism arose during the Age of Enlightenment out of the belief that civility in Europe was improving due to the application of new empirical knowledge.
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Social liberalismSocial liberalism or progressive liberalism is a political philosophy and variety of liberalism that endorses social justice, social services, a mixed economy, and the expansion of civil and political rights, as slightly opposed to classical liberalism which favors limited government and an overall more laissez-faire style of governance.
Liberal InternationalLiberal International (LI) is a worldwide organisation of liberal political parties. The political international was formed in November 1946, and constituted with the Oxford Manifesto in April 1947. It has become the pre-eminent network for liberal and progressive democratic parties aiming to strengthen liberalism and democratic values around the world. Its headquarters are within the National Liberal Club, in London.Left–right political spectrumThe left–right political spectrum is a system of classifying political positions, ideologies, and parties, with emphasis placed upon issues of social equality and social hierarchy. In general, left-wing politics are opposed to social hierarchies, while right-wing politics are in favor of social hierarchies. In addition to positions on the left and on the right, there are centrist and moderate positions, which are not strongly aligned with either end of the spectrum.
CentrismPolitical alignment in the middle of the left–right political spectrum Centrism is the range of political ideologies that exist between left-wing politics and right-wing politics on the left–right political spectrum. It is associated with moderate politics on the left-right spectrum, including people who strongly support moderate policies and people who are not strongly aligned with left-wing or right-wing policies.
Dutch languageDutch (Endonym: Nederlands [ˈneːdərlɑnts] , Nederlandse taal) is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, spoken by about 25 million people as a first language and 5 million as a second language and is the third most spoken Germanic language. In Europe, Dutch is the native language of most of the population of the Netherlands and Flanders (which includes 60% of the population of Belgium).
NetherlandsThe Netherlands, also informally known as Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The Netherlands consists of twelve provinces and three overseas special municipalities. European Netherlands has land borders with Germany to the east and with Belgium to the south, and a coastline to the north and west.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.