Factsheet: the Dutch House of Representatives Tweede Kamer 1

Directorate-General for the Presidency Directorate for Relations with National Parliaments Factsheet: The Dutch House of Representatives Tweede Kamer 1. At a glance The Netherlands is the main constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Since 1848 it has been governed as a parliamentary democracy and a constitutional monarchy, organised as a unitary state. The Dutch Parliament "Staten-Generaal" is a bicameral body. It consists of two chambers, both of which are elected for four-year terms. The 150 Members of the Second Chamber, the Tweede Kamer, are directly elected through a national party-list system, on the basis of proportional representation. The current Dutch coalition government under the second term of Prime Minister Mark Rutte (VVD/ALDE) since November 2012 is composed of the People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD/ALDE) and the Labour Party (PvdA/S&D). 2. Composition Results of the parliamentary elections of 12 September 2012 Party EP affiliation % Seats Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie (VVD) 27,3% 41 People's Party for Freedom and Democracy Partij van der Arbeid (PvdA) 25,3% 38 Labour Party Socialistische Partij (SP) 10,0% 15 Socialist Party Christen Democratisch Appèl (CDA) 8,6% 13 Christian Democratic Appeal Partij Voor de Vrijheid (PVV) Non – 8,0% 12 Party for Freedom attached Democraten 66 (D66) 8,0% 12 Democrats 66 ChristenUnie (CU) 3,3% 5 ChristianUnion, GroenLinks (GL) 2,6% 4 Green Left Staatkundig Gereformeerde Partij (SGP) 2,0% 3 Reformed Political Party 50PLUS Non- 1,3% 2 affiliated Partij voor de Dieren (PvdD) 1,3% 2 Party for the Animals Bontes/Van Klaveren Non- Voor Nederland (VNL) affiliated 1,3% 2 Party for the Netherlands Independent Non- 0,6% 1 affiliated 100% 150 Turnout: 74,6% The next House of Representatives elections must take place in autumn 2016 at the latest. 3. Officeholders Speaker of the Chair of the Dutch House of Representatives Standing Committee on European Affairs Ms Anouchka Van Miltenburg Mr Raymond Knops (VVD/ALDE), since 25 September 2012 (CDA/EPP), since 25 September 2012 Secretary-General of the Dutch House of Representatives: Ms Jacqueline Biesheuvel-Vermeijden, since 1 November 2004 4. Relations with Members of the European Parliament Participation rights for Dutch MEPs in Partially (Upon invitation) plenary sittings Participation rights for Dutch MEPs in Partially (Upon invitation) committee meetings Availability of videoconferencing system in Yes Dutch House of Representatives 5. Information links – Official website: http://www.houseofrepresentatives.nl – Rules of procedure in English – List of committees – Recent documents submitted by the Dutch House of Representatives to the Interparliamentary EU Information Exchange (IPEX) – European Parliament Information Office in The Hague 6. Contacts Factsheet author and contact in the Brussels-based contact of the Dutch House EP Directorate for Relations with National of Representatives: Parliaments: Ms Zsuzsanna Balázs Ms Suzanne Nollen Office WIE 05U043, 1047 Brussels Office WIE 06U003, 1047 Brussels Phone +32 2 28 43608 Phone +32 2 28 31243 [email protected] [email protected] Last updated on 10/03/2015. Photo credits: Dutch House of Representatives. http://www.europarl.europa.eu/relnatparl [email protected] .

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