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Job Cohen and Other Former Amsterdam Politicians: PRO Could Form a Bulwark Against Extremism as Member of European Social Democrats

Het Parool23 September · 14:0017 hours ago

Former Amsterdam politicians Job Cohen, Maarten van Poelgeest, Joost Lagendijk, and Keklik Yücel advocate that the newly formed Progressive Netherlands (PRO) party should join the group of European social democrats rather than the Greens. They argue this alignment would help establish a significant progressive bloc capable of serving as a barrier against extreme right-wing movements within the European Parliament.

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