New Setback for Tiel: Pro Party Withdraws From Formation After All
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Months after the municipal elections, there is still no coalition in the Gelderland municipality of Tiel. Pro is withdrawing from the formation phase because the party does not want to cooperate with Forum for Democracy after all. It is the latest setback for the municipality, which has been grappling with a governance crisis for quite some time. This morning, it still appeared that Forum for Democracy would support Tiel's new administration. Th…
“PRO is withdrawing from the formation in the municipality of Tiel.” “In Tiel, too, PRO is not cooperating with Forum for Democracy,” the party states in a short statement. Earlier, it appeared that a deal had been struck between CDA, PRO, D66, and the FvD, wrote De Gelderlander. FvD wanted to ‘participate in the Municipal Executive without providing an alderman’.
The politically turbulent Tiel was heading for a highly remarkable coalition of Pro, D66, the CDA and Forum for Democracy. After a fuss, the collaboration is...
In Tiel, parties pushed for a council-wide coalition – including Forum for Democracy. When two parties declined to participate, Pro realized that it would then be accepting cooperation from a party being boycotted nationally. This led to a hasty retreat.
Tiel in Gelderland looks set to become the first municipality in the Netherlands where Forum for Democracy will have a major say in local government. The party intends to ‘participate in the municipal executive without providing an alderman’. Remarkably, Forum is doing this in a deal with PRO – the merger party of the PvdA and GroenLinks.
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