Rutger Schonis of Middelburg has completed his first 100 days as a D66 alderman in Den Bosch. He is described as an outsider in the city’s new municipal council and spoke about his background, saying he grew up in a left-wing household where there was no cross on the wall but a portrait of Joop den Uyl. He also said that lighting a candle had helped, although the available account does not provide further details.