Party for the Animals

Party for the Animals
Partij voor de Dieren
AbbreviationPvdD
LeaderEsther Ouwehand
ChairmanZwanny Naber
Leader in the SenateNiko Koffeman
Leader in the House of RepresentativesEsther Ouwehand
Leader in the European ParliamentAnja Hazekamp
FoundersMarianne Thieme
Ton Dekker
Lieke Keller
Founded28 October 2002 (2002-10-28)
HeadquartersAmsterdam
Youth wingPINK!
Think tankNicolaas G. Pierson foundation
Membership (January 2024)Increase 30,333[1]
IdeologyAnimal rights[2]
Animal welfare[3]
Anti-capitalism[4]
Environmentalism[3]
Soft Euroscepticism[5]
Political positionLeft-wing[6] to far-left[7]
European affiliationAnimal Politics EU
European Parliament groupThe Left in the European Parliament – GUE/NGL
Colours  Dark green
House of Representatives
3 / 150
Senate
3 / 75
States-Provincial
26 / 572
European Parliament
1 / 31
King's Commissioners
0 / 12
Benelux Parliament
1 / 21
Website
www.partijvoordedieren.nl
www.partyfortheanimals.nl
www.pinkpolitiek.nl

The Party for the Animals (Dutch: Partij voor de Dieren [pɑrˈtɛi voːr ˈdiːrə(n)], PvdD) is a political party in the Netherlands. Among its main goals are animal rights and animal welfare.[3] The PvdD was founded in 2002 as a single-issue party for animal rights, opposing animal cruelty and the treatment of animals in agriculture. The party then developed into a left-wing, ecological party.[8]

Since 2019, the PvdD's political leader is Esther Ouwehand. With 2.25% of the votes at the 2023 general election, the PvdD holds three of the 150 House of Representatives's seats. In the Senate, it has three of the 75 seats. PvdD holds 26 States-Provincial seats across all provinces. In the European Parliament, it has one of the 31 seats allocated to the Netherlands constituency.

  1. ^ "Ledentallen Nederlandse politieke partijen per 1 januari 2024" [Membership of Dutch political parties as of 1 January 2024]. University of Groningen (in Dutch). Documentation Centre Dutch Political Parties. 28 February 2024. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  2. ^ Brouwer, Daphne; Coulter, Kendra; Fitzgerald, Amy (2022). "Animal Protection Organizations and Public Policy: The Case of the Netherlands". Politics and Animals. 8 (1): 1-11.
  3. ^ a b c Nordsieck, Wolfram (2021). "Netherlands". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  4. ^ ten Hooven, Marcel (18 July 2018). "De haas in de wedstrijd". De Groene Amsterdammer (in Dutch) (29–30). Nu moet gezegd: de Partij voor de Dieren is ook moeilijk in het politieke landschap te lokaliseren. Vanwege haar activisme en haar antikapitalisme wordt ze in de publieke opinie doorgaans met links geassocieerd. [Now it must be said: the Party for the Animals is also difficult to locate in the political landscape. Because of its activism and anti-capitalism, it is usually associated with the left in public opinion.]
  5. ^ "A eurosceptic's guide to the Dutch election". The Eurosceptic.
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  8. ^ Nichols, Dick; Wroth, Will (21 March 2017). "Dutch election: GreenLeft and Animal Rights gains the bright spots as Wilders stalls and mainstream right strengthens". links.org.au.