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CDA Leader Bontenbal Emerges as Key Election Player

10/28/2025

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Henri Bontenbal, leader of the Dutch Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA), positions himself as a potential kingmaker ahead of elections on October 29.
The CDA stands neck and neck with a joint Socialist-Greens ticket and trails the far-right PVV.
He lists housing shortages, asylum policies, the nitrogen crisis, and future economic investments as priorities.
He held a well-attended event in Eindhoven to promote his new book, It Really Can Be Different.

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Henri Bontenbal, leader of the Dutch Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA), positions himself as a potential kingmaker ahead of elections on October 29.
The CDA stands neck and neck with a joint Socialist-Greens ticket and trails the far-right PVV.
He lists housing shortages, asylum policies, the nitrogen crisis, and future economic investments as priorities.
He held a well-attended event in Eindhoven to promote his new book, It Really Can Be Different.