Maastricht: Open Eerlijk Democratisch (also known as M:OED) is a local political party in Maastricht, Netherlands.[1] The party was formed in December 2017 to contest the municipal election in Maastricht.[2] The current party's leader is Martin van Rooij. [3] The Majority of the party members are under 35 and either students or employees at the University of Maastricht.[4] M:OED received over 2,800 votes in Maastricht municipal election on 21 March 2018 and got two seats in the municipal council[5] with the highest percentage amongst all new parties in the elections, surpassing Geert Wilders' Party for Freedom.[6][7]
Maastricht: Open Eerlijk Democratisch describes itself as "open", "honest" and "democratic".[8] The party describes itself as a representative of students, expats and young professionals.
In 2017, M:OED received two seats. Within a year after the election, M:OED's city councillor Simona Maassen left the city council. Party leader Alexander Lurvink was forced to leave the party and kept his seat as an independent councillor. Thereafter, M:OED was effectively no longer represented in the council. In 2022, M:OED was re-elected and ended up with one seat.
References edit
- ^ "Stem voor M:OED - M:OED". M:OED.
- ^ "Veel kandidaten Maastricht van partij gewisseld". 5 March 2018.
- ^ https://www.thuisinmaastricht.nl/moed-nieuwe-politieke-partij-met-lef/ [dead link]
- ^ Beek, Sjors van. "Nieuwe politieke partij van jongeren in Maastricht".
- ^ "Partijen en kandidaten". Gemeente Maastricht.
- ^ "Observant Online > Home > Artikelen". www.observantonline.nl.
- ^ "Waar zijn bijna 10.000 Maastrichtse PVV-stemmers uit 2017 gebleven?". De Limburger (in Dutch). 23 March 2018.
- ^ "Stem voor M:OED".
- ^ "Maastricht municipality website".
- ^ "Observant Online".
- ^ "Limburger newspaper".
External links edit
- Oficial website (in Dutch)