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MEP Dirk Gotink, described as the last active representative of NSC, resigned after Mona Keijzer attended the party’s recent congress. He was reported to prefer continuing independently rather than trying to preserve NSC.
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NSC’s members’ meeting in Breda ended with the resignation of the entire party board after a dispute with members over the agenda and whether critical motions would be put to a vote. Acting chairman Ronald de Bruin said the situation was no longer workable. The board also announced that NSC will not contest next year’s provincial elections, saying it had found insufficient support and capacity in all provinces. Independent MP Mona Keijzer addressed the meeting at the board’s invitation, prompting many attendees to leave the room, according to reports. Keijzer said she wanted conservatives to find one another and indicated that no concrete cooperation was in prospect. The meeting followed the departure of NSC’s last elected representative, MEP Dirk Gotink, who left the party over its rapprochement with Keijzer and her Project2029 movement. A single report said former MPs Ilse Saris and Harm Holman also cancelled their memberships over Keijzer’s invitation.