Thursday, November 23, 2006

Elections in Holland are good for the animals


On the 22 of November the elections found place in The Netherlands.
The CDA (Christian Democrats) remained the biggest party, but the SP (Socialist Party) showed the biggest change from the last elections; plus 17 seats!! Very special was that we have a political party for the animals. This is unique because it is the first group representing animals in Europe that comes into the politics. The leader of this PVDD is Marianne Thiemen and her group won 2 seats. Seats or chairs mean that each group has a number of deputies in the Chamber where they discuss about The Netherlands. The political party who has got the most chairs is still the CDA. The Labour Party (PvdA) lost 10 out of her 42 seats!

I think it is very important to have politicians who represent the interests of animals, and my teacher of Dutch, Mr. van der Schaaf says: somebody who is good or ‘social’ for animals is good for the people.
I think he is right.

By Elodie (13)

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

It is very cruel to mistreat animals, so if the governmet is strict to people who mistreat animals and take care of them, that is good.
Aroa (12 years old) from I.E.S Cuenca del Nalón La freo Felguera Langreo Spain

Anonymous said...

IT'S GOOD THAT THE GOVERNMENT TAKES CARE OF ANIMALS!!!
Enrique from IES Cuenca del Nalón Spain