A "worrying" 16% of local council aldermen quit in one year - DutchNews.nl

At least 225 local authority wethouders, or aldermen, resigned during the past year, or 16% of the total in office, according to research by local authority monitoring body De Collegetafel. Of these, 44 left for personal reasons, such as family matters or a new job, and 38 left because of their health. A further 94 – the largest group – quit because of political conflict. The last elections for the Netherlands’ 342 local authorities were in 2022. Jeroen van Gool,...