People's Party for Freedom and Democracy

Dutch political party
(Redirected from VVD)

The People's Party for Freedom and Democracy, Dutch: Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie (shortened VVD), is a Dutch political party.

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The People's Party for Freedom and Democracy is a conservative liberal party. They are the largest party in the country.

It was established in 1948 from a merger of the Freedom Party (PvdV) and the Oud Committee.

Political leader is Mark Rutte (also Prime Minister since 2010).

Number of seats in the 2017 elections: 33 (-8).


Political parties in the current Second Chamber

50PLUS (50+) --- Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) --- ChristianUnion (CU) --- Democrats 66 (D66) --- DENK --- Forum for Democracy (FvD) --- GreenLeft (GL) --- Labour Party (PvdA) --- Party for the Animals (PvdD) --- Party for Freedom (PVV) --- People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) --- Reformed Political Party (SGP) --- Socialist Party (SP)


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