Political parties on development cooperation

15/10/2025 - News

Do you think it is important for the Dutch government to invest in development cooperation?

On Wednesday 29 October 2025, elections will be held for the House of Representatives. In the run-up to the elections, we reviewed the programmes of all the incumbent political parties. On this page (in Dutch), you can read what they say about development cooperation.

Do you also think it is important that the Dutch government ensures that medicines are affordable and available to everyone? Then take a look at this page (in Dutch) to see what they say about access to medicines in their election manifestos.

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Political parties on development cooperation

Do you think it is important for the Dutch government to invest in development cooperation?

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New: Make Way booklet of lessons learned

European Parliament event on pharmaceutical transparency: “Time to revive global efforts”

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