Politics · Netherlands · 1 hr ago
Column says Pim Fortuyn’s rise cost politics a valuable tool
Political reporter Edo van der Goot writes a weekly column about what he notices in The Hague.
This week’s column links Pim Fortuyn’s rise to the loss of a political tool described as valuable.
The column’s headline does not identify what that tool was.
Its theme is that political backrooms could use support, referring to behind-the-scenes political dealings.
The subject is Dutch politics in The Hague.
No specific proposal or next step is stated.
A NU.nl column says the rise of Pim Fortuyn cost Dutch politics a valuable political tool.
Political reporter Edo van der Goot writes the weekly Binnenskamers column about what he notices in The Hague.
The column’s topic this week is that political back rooms could use more support.
- Who
- Pim Fortuyn is named in the column’s headline. Edo van der Goot writes the column.
- What
- The column says Fortuyn’s rise coincided with the loss of a valuable political tool.
- When
- NU.nl published the article on 13 October 2026.
- Where
- The column concerns politics in The Hague.
- Why
- Not stated
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- Outlet
- NU.nl
- Published
- 13 October 2026
- Column
- Binnenskamers
- Author
- Edo van der Goot
Sources
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