AN INEVITABLE SHIFT: DUTCH EDUCATION IN 2010 AND 2012 REGEERAKKOORDEN
Gunaryadi
Wassenaar Campus, 5 November 2012
The Lower House election of the Dutch parliament (Tweede Kamer) held on 12 September 2012 has placed two political parties on the top: the conservative-liberals (Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie/VVD) and the social-democrats (Partij van de Arbeid/PvdA). Together they control almost 53% of the 150 seats.
As a multi-party democracy, where the Lower House elections will unlikely result in a single majority, Dutch governments have been usually formed through coalition. Governing coalition is commonly figured out from the best combination of the largest political parties out of the election and possibly added with other political parties to form majority aggregate seats in the Lower House. (Cont.)
