GroenLinks–PvdA

{{Short description|Political alliance in the Netherlands}} {{About|the current parliamentary alliance|the proposed political party|Progressief Nederland}} {{Use British English|date=March 2023}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}} {{Infobox political party | name = GroenLinks–PvdA | logo = GroenLinks–PvdA logo.svg | logo_size = 250px | colorcode = {{Political party data|color}} | abbreviation = GL/PvdA | leader1_title = Leader in the House of Representatives<ref name='nuft'>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nu.nl/tweede-kamerverkiezingen/6374155/frans-timmermans-stapt-op-als-leider-gl-pvda-na-verlies-van-vijf-zetels-in-exitpoll.html|title=Frans Timmermans stapt op als leider GL-PvdA na verlies van vijf zetels in exitpoll|access-date=29 October 2025}}</ref> | leader1_name = Jesse Klaver | leader2_title = Leader in the Senate | leader2_name = Paul Rosenmöller | foundation = 2023 | ideology = Social democracy<ref name="Timmermans ideology">{{Cite web |date=2025-02-05 |title=Frans Timmermans' call for unity among European progressives |url=https://www.eunews.it/en/2025/02/05/frans-timmermans-call-for-unity-among-european-progressives/ |access-date=2025-10-22 |language=en-US}}</ref><br>Green politics<ref name="Timmermans ideology" /><br>Progressivism<ref name="Timmermans ideology" /> | colours = {{color box|#39A835|border=darkgray}} Green <br> {{color box|{{Political party data|color}}|border=darkgray}} Red | affiliation1_title = Member parties | affiliation1 = {{ubl|GroenLinks|Labour Party}} | successor = Progressive Netherlands (''Proposed'')  | seats1_title = House of Representatives | seats1 = {{Political party data|seat composition bar|ms-lower-house}} | seats2_title = Senate | seats2 = {{Political party data|seat composition bar|ms-upper-house}} | seats3_title = European Parliament | seats3 = {{Political party data|seat composition bar|ep}} | seats4_title = Provincial councils{{Efn|name=Provinces|South Holland (9) and Zeeland (6)}} | seats4 = {{composition bar|15|548|hex={{party color|GroenLinks–PvdA}}}} | seats5_title = Municipal Councils{{Efn|name=Councils|Not counting seats in municipalities where the parties ran on separate lists (Groenlinks 522 seats, PvdA 706 seats)}} | seats5 = {{composition bar|149|7991|hex={{party color|GroenLinks–PvdA}}}} | seats6_title = Benelux Parliament | seats6 = {{composition bar|2|21|hex={{party color|GroenLinks–PvdA}}}} | position = {{Nowrap|Centre-left{{refn|Multiple sources: * {{cite web | title=Dutch center-left parties unite to challenge the right in a historic merger | website=Associated Press News | date=12 June 2025 | url=https://apnews.com/article/netherlands-election-timmermans-wilders-f9daa81b2c5f22ea73b2c379f729e9b6 }} * {{cite web | title=EU climate chief Frans Timmermans is set to lead the center-left bloc into Dutch general elections | website=Independent.co.uk | date=11 August 2023 | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/frans-timmermans-ap-dutch-european-commission-mark-rutte-b2391502.html }} * {{Cite news |last=Henley |first=Jon |date=2025-10-21 |title=The Dutch election: key players and main issues in the snap poll |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/21/dutch-election-key-players-and-main-issues-snap-poll |access-date=2025-10-22 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}} * {{Cite web |date=2025-08-29 |title=Wilders’ far-right party leads polls two months before Dutch vote |url=http://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/08/29/geert-wilders-far-right-party-leading-two-months-before-dutch-vote |access-date=2025-10-22 |website=euronews |language=en}}}} to left-wing{{refn|Multiple sources: * {{cite news |date= 21 November 2023 |title= Dutch far-right candidate Baudet assaulted two days before election |url= https://www.euractiv.com/section/elections/news/dutch-far-right-candidate-baudet-assaulted-two-days-before-election/ |work= Euractiv |publisher=Reuters |access-date= 29 November 2023 |quote= The left-wing GroenLinks/PvdA alliance is on 23, down one on last week’s poll.}} * {{Cite web |last=Otjes |first=Simon |date=2025-06-04 |title=When, not if: the fall of the Dutch cabinet |url=https://ukandeu.ac.uk/when-not-if-the-fall-of-the-dutch-cabinet/ |access-date=2025-10-22 |website=UK in a Changing Europe}}}}}} | regional = SGD/SVD<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.beneluxparl.eu/nl/politieke-fracties/ |title= Politieke fracties |website=Benelux Parliament |language=nl |access-date=8 August 2023}}</ref> | website = {{Political party data|website}} | country = the Netherlands }}

'''GroenLinks–PvdA''' ({{IPA|nl|ɣrunˈlɪŋks ˌpeːveːdeːˈjaː|lang}}; alternatively '''PvdA–GroenLinks''', or '''GreenLeft–Labour''' in English) is an alliance between GroenLinks (GL; ''GreenLeft'') and the Labour Party (PvdA) in the Netherlands.

The political alliance was founded at the national level by party leaders Lilianne Ploumen and Jesse Klaver during the 2021–2022 Dutch cabinet formation. In contrast, local alliances between the two parties had already been formed in prior years. The two parties formed a joint parliamentary group in the Provincial Council of Zeeland in 29 March 2023, then formed a joint group in the Senate following the 2023 Dutch Senate election, and formed a joint group in the House of Representatives on 27 October 2023.<ref>{{cite web|title=GroenLinks-PvdA (GL-PvdA)|url=https://www.tweedekamer.nl/kamerleden_en_commissies/fracties/gl-pvda|website=Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal|access-date=27 October 2023|date=27 October 2023}}</ref>

Following the collapse of the fourth Rutte cabinet in July 2023, the leaders of PvdA (Attje Kuiken) and GL (Jesse Klaver) announced their intention to contest the 2023 Dutch general election as an alliance.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |last=Winterman |first=Peter |date=9 July 2023 |title=PvdA en GL willen met één lijst verkiezingen in, lijsttrekker nog onbekend |work=Telegraaf |url=https://www.telegraaf.nl/nieuws/152328487/pvd-a-en-gl-willen-met-een-lijst-verkiezingen-in-lijsttrekker-nog-onbekend}}</ref> Members of both PvdA and GroenLinks voted in favour of the proposal, and confirmed Frans Timmermans as lead candidate in August.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Left-wing parties PvdA and GroenLinks vote to team up for November election |url=https://nltimes.nl/2023/07/17/left-wing-parties-pvda-groenlinks-vote-team-november-election |access-date=2023-07-17 |website=NL Times |date=17 July 2023 |language=en}}</ref>

Despite their joint list in the 2024 European Parliament election, GroenLinks members joined the Greens/EFA group, while PvdA members joined the S&D group. Through internal referendums in both PvdA and GL in June 2025, members from both parties voted in favour of a full merger into a new political party to be formed in 2026, along with an alliance for the 2025 Dutch general election.<ref>{{Cite web |title=De leden hebben besloten: PvdA en GroenLinks gaan volgend jaar fuseren|url=https://nos.nl/artikel/2570889-de-leden-hebben-besloten-pvda-en-groenlinks-gaan-volgend-jaar-fuseren |access-date=2025-06-12 |website=NOS |date=12 June 2025 |language=nl}}</ref> The new party will be called Progressief Nederland, and the parties will be formally merged on 13 June 2026.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=du Pré |first=Raoul |date=26 March 2026 |title=GroenLinks en PvdA zijn vanaf nu Progressief Nederland (PRO), met een groene roos als beeldmerk |url=https://www.volkskrant.nl/politiek/groenlinks-en-pvda-zijn-vanaf-nu-progressief-nederland-pro-met-een-groene-roos-als-beeldmerk~b122b71c/ |access-date=26 March 2026 |website=De Volkskrant |language=nl}}</ref>

== History == {{multiple image |perrow=2 |total_width=300 | image2 = PvdA–GroenLinks logo Stede Broec.svg | image1 = Pvda-GL logo in the Best, Netherlands.svg | footer = Logos used by the GL/PvdA alliances in the municipalities of Best and Stede Broec }}

=== Informal cooperations === Prior to the formation of a national alliance, the Labour Party (PvdA) and GroenLinks (GL) had already formed local alliances in some municipalities; in the 2022 municipal elections, the two parties participated with a joint list in 50 local municipalities.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Julen |first1=Jeannine |last2=Markus |first2=Niels |title=PvdA en GroenLinks trekken lokaal vaak samen op, maar die liefde is vooral uit noodzaak geboren |url=https://www.trouw.nl/politiek/pvda-en-groenlinks-trekken-lokaal-vaak-samen-op-maar-die-liefde-is-vooral-uit-noodzaak-geboren~b9e4cbf2/ |website=Trouw |access-date=26 March 2023 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230326165620/https://www.trouw.nl/politiek/pvda-en-groenlinks-trekken-lokaal-vaak-samen-op-maar-die-liefde-is-vooral-uit-noodzaak-geboren~b9e4cbf2/ |archive-date=26 March 2023 |language=nl-NL |date=10 March 2022}}</ref> In addition, they had formed electoral alliances ({{Langx|nl|lijstverbindingen}}) in multiple national elections, such as the 2009 European Parliament election and the 2010 general election.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lijstverbinding PvdA en GroenLinks |url=https://groenlinks.nl/nieuws/lijstverbinding-pvda-en-groenlinks |website=GroenLinks |access-date=26 March 2023 |language=nl |date=25 April 2010}}</ref>

=== The concept behind the alliance === The idea of a possible merger of centre-left parties in the Netherlands, including the PvdA and GL, is not new. As early as 2004, Job Cohen, then mayor of Amsterdam and later PvdA national leader, called for a merger of the PvdA, GL and Socialist Party (SP), suggesting "Progressive People's Party" as a possible name.<ref>{{Cite news |date=17 March 2004 |title=Cohen pleit voor één progressieve volkspartij |work=NU.nl |url=https://www.nu.nl/algemeen/293263/cohen-pleit-voor-een-progressieve-volkspartij.html}}</ref> That name refers to an even earlier proposal with the same name that was discussed in the 1970s of the PvdA, Democrats 66 (D66) and the Political Party of Radicals (PPR), one of GL's forerunners, to merge into a single party. This, however, never materialised.

Following the heavy defeat of the PvdA in the 2017 general election, in which the party went from 25 per cent to less than six per cent of the vote, discussions about a possible merger began to rise again. With this electoral demise, the left-of-centre political landscape in the Netherlands — including D66, GL, SP, the Party for the Animals (PvdD), Christian Union (CU), Volt Netherlands, DENK and BIJ1 — fragmented. In both the 2017 and 2021 general elections, there was no left-leaning party big enough to be the main contender to Prime Minister Mark Rutte's People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) from the left. Many left-leaning voters in the Netherlands have a habit of voting tactically for the largest left-leaning force in an attempt to prevent a right-leaning party from becoming the largest party.<ref>{{Cite web |date=13 September 2012 |title=Ruim kwart stemde strategisch |url=https://nos.nl/artikel/418089-ruim-kwart-stemde-strategisch}}</ref> Examples of this are the 2012 and 2003 general elections when voters from other left-leaning parties flocked to the Labour Party.{{cn|date=July 2023}}

When the PvdA and GL received a disappointing election result in the 2021 general election (5.7 per cent and 5.0 per cent respectively), calls for a merger increased. In the first week after the elections, members from both parties founded the movement Red-Green ({{langx|nl|Rood-Groen}}) led by Frank van de Wolde calling for more cooperation between the two parties and an eventual merger. This movement has tabled motions in multiple party member meetings of both the PvdA and GL that pushed the parties towards a deeper cooperation.

=== 2021–2022 cabinet formation === During the 2021–2022 cabinet formation, Lilianne Ploumen (PvdA) and Jesse Klaver (GL) indicated that they only wanted to join a coalition government if the other party also joined, thereby forming an alliance in the negotiations.<ref>{{cite web |title=No breakthrough in cabinet formation talks; "Definitive conclusions" Wednesday |url=https://nltimes.nl/2021/09/28/breakthrough-cabinet-formation-talks-definitive-conclusions-wednesday |website=NL Times |date=28 September 2021 |access-date=16 March 2023 |language=en}}</ref> In August 2021, PvdA members passed multiple motions tabled by the Red-Green movement that forced the party to not enter government without GL and further steps to strengthen the cooperation.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Linkse samenwerking: PvdA en GroenLinks |url=https://www.pvda.nl/linkse-samenwerking/ |access-date=2023-07-08 |website=PvdA |language=nl-NL}}</ref> People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) leader Mark Rutte strongly opposed forming a coalition with both the PvdA and GL, and referred to the alliance as a 'left-wing cloud' ({{Langx|nl|linkse wolk}}).<ref>{{cite web |last1=Boersema |first1=Wendelmoet |title=Paars-groen, rechts haakt aan of links laat los: zo staat de formatie ervoor |url=https://www.trouw.nl/politiek/paars-groen-rechts-haakt-aan-of-links-laat-los-zo-staat-de-formatie-ervoor~b7780ab4/ |website=Trouw |access-date=26 March 2023 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230326160629/https://www.trouw.nl/politiek/paars-groen-rechts-haakt-aan-of-links-laat-los-zo-staat-de-formatie-ervoor~b7780ab4/ |archive-date=26 March 2023 |language=nl-NL |date=1 June 2021}}</ref> Following their exclusion from the fourth Rutte cabinet, the Labour Party and GroenLinks decided to intensify co-operation as opposition parties.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Darroch |first1=Gordon |title=Minority coalition looms after Rutte swipes left on PvdA-GL pact |url=https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2021/09/minority-coalition-looms-after-rutte-swipes-left-on-pvda-gl-pact/ |website=DutchNews.nl |access-date=16 March 2023 |date=1 September 2021}}</ref>

[[File:PvdA congres 2023 (52672454686).jpg|thumb|300px|GroenLinks leader Jesse Klaver (right) and lead candidate for the Senate Paul Rosenmöller (left), and Labour Party leader Attje Kuiken and lead candidate for the Senate Mei Li Vos (centre) in 2023]]

=== 2023 provincial and Senate elections === The PvdA and GL participated in the 2023 provincial elections separately, but formed a joint list in Zeeland.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kieskamp |first1=Wilma |title=Geen gezamenlijke PvdA-GroenLinks-kandidatenlijst voor de Eerste Kamer, wel samen in een fractie |url=https://www.trouw.nl/binnenland/geen-gezamenlijke-pvda-groenlinks-kandidatenlijst-voor-de-eerste-kamer-wel-samen-in-een-fractie~b4b6af2d/ |website=Trouw |access-date=26 March 2023 |language=nl-NL |date=3 September 2022}}</ref> After the 2023 Senate election, in which the members of the Senate were elected by the members of the provincial councils and electoral colleges, the two parties formed a joint group in the senate.<ref>{{cite web |title=Grote stap voor PvdA, GroenLinks: verder samen in Eerste Kamer |url=https://nos.nl/artikel/2432277-grote-stap-voor-pvda-groenlinks-verder-samen-in-eerste-kamer |website=NOS |access-date=26 March 2023 |language=nl |date=11 June 2022}}</ref> With fourteen seats, the PvdA–GroenLinks group became the second-largest senate group behind the Farmer–Citizen Movement.<ref>{{cite web |title=Nieuwe Eerste Kamer: coalitie heeft ook met PvdA/GL meerderheid, BBB grootste |trans-title=Merger of GroenLinks and PvdA is gaining momentum: decision brought forward by a year |url=https://nos.nl/artikel/2477091-nieuwe-eerste-kamer-coalitie-heeft-ook-met-pvda-gl-meerderheid-bbb-grootste |website=NOS |access-date=31 May 2023 |language=nl |date=30 May 2023}}</ref>

=== 2023 general election === {{Main article|2023 Dutch general election}} Following the collapse of the fourth Rutte cabinet on 7 July 2023, PvdA leader Attje Kuiken and GroenLinks leader Jesse Klaver announced their intention to contest the 2023 Dutch general election, to be held on 22 November, with a joint electoral list and lead candidate. From 10 to 17 July 2023, both parties held an internal referendum on this proposal.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Inside info uit 'linkse wolk' |url=https://twitter.com/wilcoboom/status/1677417182806851586?s=61&t=6lXLE6m2QlT9rimDi_ZMWg |access-date=2023-07-08 |website=Twitter |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2" /> Approximately 88% of PvdA members and 92% of GL members voted in favour of participating in the election with a joint GL/PvdA list.<ref name=":3" />

Three days later, former foreign minister Frans Timmermans (PvdA) declared his intention to become lead candidate for the alliance.<ref name=":0">Toby Sterling and Kate Abnett (20 July 2023), [https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/timmermans-candidate-lead-combined-dutch-labourgreen-party-ticket-election-2023-07-20/ EU climate chief Timmermans to run in Dutch election] ''Reuters''.</ref> His candidacy was met with widespread approval from both parties.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-07-20 |title=Kopstukken PvdA en GroenLinks steunen kandidatuur Timmermans |url=https://nos.nl/artikel/2483523-kopstukken-pvda-en-groenlinks-steunen-kandidatuur-timmermans |access-date=2023-08-22 |website=NOS |language=nl}}</ref> On 22 August 2023, during a joint GroenLinks–PvdA party meeting, Timmermans was confirmed as lead candidate with 92 percent of the vote.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-08-22 |title=Frans Timmermans nu officieel lijsttrekker PvdA/GL |url=https://www.telegraaf.nl/nieuws/6700622/frans-timmermans-nu-officieel-lijsttrekker-pvd-a-gl |access-date=2023-08-24 |website=De Telegraaf}}</ref> He resigned from his posts at the European Commission on the same day.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-08-22 |title=Executive Vice-President Timmermans resigns; Vice-President Šefčovič will take over his duties |url=https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_23_4223 |access-date=2023-08-23 |website=European Commission |language=}}</ref>

PvdA–GL finished the election with 25 seats and 15.75% of the vote, finishing second to the right-wing Party for Freedom (PVV) but ahead of the governing People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD). The coalition hoped to form a government with New Social Contract and other, smaller parties like the Party for the Animals (PvdD). Timmermans ruled out forming a government with PVV and VVD, and admitted that it was "extremely unlikely" that PvdA-GL would be in cabinet.<ref>{{Cite news |last=van Erven |first=Roland |date=2023-11-29 |title=Timmermans: GroenLinks-PvdA past bescheidenheid, samenwerken met PVV uitgesloten |url=https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2023/11/29/timmermans-groenlinks-pvda-past-bescheidenheid-samenwerken-met-pvv-uitgesloten-a4182697 |access-date=2024-02-07 |work=NRC |language=nl-NL}}</ref> GL–PvdA ended up as opposition to the Schoof cabinet.

=== 2025 general election === After the fall of the Schoof cabinet, both GL and PvdA held an internal referendum about another joint list for the 2025 Dutch general election between 5 and 12 June 2025.<ref name="referendum">{{Cite news |last=Boom |first=Wilco |date=5 June 2025 |title=Fusieproces GL en PvdA in hogere versnelling door aanstaande verkiezingen |trans-title=GL and PvdA merger process accelerated due to upcoming elections |url=https://nos.nl/artikel/2570049-fusieproces-gl-en-pvda-in-hogere-versnelling-door-aanstaande-verkiezingen |access-date=12 June 2025 |work=NOS |language=nl-NL}}</ref> On 12 June 2025, a joint list was confirmed, with 95.0% of the GL voters and 93.7% of the PvdA voters voting in favour.<ref name="merger">{{Cite news |url=https://groenlinkspvda.nl/nieuws/uitslag-referendum/ |title=GroenLinks en de PvdA worden één partij: leden stemmen massaal vóór |trans-title=GroenLinks and the PvdA become one party: members vote en masse in favour |work=GroenLinks-PvdA |date=12 June 2025 |access-date=12 June 2025 |language=nl-NL}}</ref> In the election, GL–PvdA obtained 20 seats, losing 5 compared to the 2023 election. After the exit poll was announced, Timmermans announced his resignation as leader of the alliance, and former GroenLinks leader Jesse Klaver was subsequently chosen by the parliamentary group as its chair.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://nos.nl/collectie/14006/artikel/2588460-timmermans-stapt-op-als-partijleider-gl-pvda-heb-niet-kunnen-overtuigen |title=Timmermans stapt op als partijleider GL-PvdA: 'Heb niet kunnen overtuigen' |trans-title=Timmermans resigns as party leader of GL-PvdA: 'I couldn't convince anyone' |work=NOS |date=29 October 2025 |access-date=2 November 2025 |language=nl-NL}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://nos.nl/artikel/2589022-fractie-groenlinks-pvda-kiest-jesse-klaver-als-politiek-leider|access-date=3 November 2025|language=nl|date=3 November 2025|website=NOS|title=Fractie GroenLinks-PvdA kiest Jesse Klaver als politiek leider|trans-title=GroenLinks–PvdA group chooses Jesse Klaver as political leader}}</ref>

== Merger == There has been an ongoing discussion about a possible merger of the two parties into a single party. Proponents – including former Labour Party leaders Job Cohen and Diederik Samsom and Labour Party prominent and former health minister Hedy d'Ancona, and GroenLinks prominents Bram van Ojik, Andrée van Es and Bas de Gaay Fortman – have shown support for a merger by becoming a member of each other's party.<ref name="RoodGroen">{{cite web |title=Prominente PvdA'ers en GroenLinksers ondanks regels al lid van elkaars partij |url=https://nos.nl/artikel/2461934-prominente-pvda-ers-en-groenlinksers-ondanks-regels-al-lid-van-elkaars-partij |website=NOS |access-date=26 March 2023 |language=nl |date=31 January 2023}}</ref> They have also founded the activist group 'RedGreen' ({{Langx|nl|RoodGroen}}) to advocate for the creation of a "strong, leftist movement" for "social, green and righteous politics".<ref name="RoodGroen"/> Opponents, on the other hand, have expressed concern for the "ideological dilution" and possible loss of electorate as a consequence of the parties' merger.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bhikhie |first1=Avinash |title=Tegenkamp binnen PvdA en GroenLinks roert zich: 'Fusieproces dreigt de partij te verscheuren' |url=https://www.volkskrant.nl/nieuws-achtergrond/tegenkamp-binnen-pvda-en-groenlinks-roert-zich-fusieproces-dreigt-de-partij-te-verscheuren~b5fd9d71/ |website=de Volkskrant |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220603052502/https://www.volkskrant.nl/nieuws-achtergrond/tegenkamp-binnen-pvda-en-groenlinks-roert-zich-fusieproces-dreigt-de-partij-te-verscheuren~b5fd9d71/ |archive-date=3 June 2022 |language=nl-NL |date=3 June 2022}}</ref>

On 13 March 2025, it was announced that members of the parties would be able to vote for a decision in principle about founding a new left and green party on 21 June 2025.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Boom |first=Wilco |date=2025-03-13 |title=Fusie GroenLinks en PvdA komt in stroomversnelling: besluit met jaar vervroegd |url=https://nos.nl/artikel/2559385-fusie-groenlinks-en-pvda-komt-in-stroomversnelling-besluit-met-jaar-vervroegd |access-date=2025-03-19 |work=NOS |language=nl-NL}}</ref> The referendum was brought forward to between 5 and 12 June 2025 after the fall of the Schoof cabinet.<ref name="referendum"/> On 12 June 2025, it was announced that GL and PvdA would merge into a new party in 2026, with 89.1% of GL voters and 88.0% of PvdA voters voting in favour.<ref name="merger"/>

On 26 March 2026, Jesse Klaver hosted an event, revealing the party's new name as Progressief Nederland, as well as its logo.<ref name=":4" /> The party is set to be formally launched on 13 June.<ref name=":4" />

==Political positions== ===Energy policy=== GL-PvdA opposes nuclear power, despite party leader Frans Timmermans giving it a green label whilst European Commissioner for Climate Action.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://wnl.tv/2023/10/22/d66-leider-jetten-over-keuzes-frans-timmermans-onverstandig|title=D66-leider Jetten over keuzes Frans Timmermans: 'Onverstandig'|publisher=WNL|date=22 October 2023|language=nl}}</ref>

===Foreign policy=== GL-PvdA advocates in favour of a total weapons embargo against Israel, including components for the Iron Dome defence system, which protects civilians against air attacks, citing Israeli attacks on Iran.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://nos.nl/artikel/2571731-gl-pvda-wil-levering-onderdelen-voor-luchtverdediging-israel-stopzetten|title=GL-PvdA wil levering onderdelen voor luchtverdediging Israël stopzetten|date=June 19, 2025|publisher=NOS|language=nl}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://nos.nl/artikel/2571992-grote-meerderheid-leden-pvda-en-groenlinks-steunt-volledig-wapenembargo-israel|title=Grote meerderheid leden PvdA en GroenLinks steunt volledig wapenembargo Israël|date=June 21, 2025|publisher=NOS|language=nl}}</ref>

===Immigration=== GL-PvdA seeks a reduction in the number of asylum seekers coming to the Netherlands.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.rtl.nl/nieuws/politiek/artikel/5483547/gl-pvda-kijkt-ook-naar-asiel-hele-migratievraagstuk-aanpakken|date=4 December 2024|title=Timmermans (GroenLinks-PvdA) kijkt ook naar asiel rond migratievraagstuk|publisher=RTL Nieuws|language=nl}}</ref>

===Monarchy=== At the last party conference prior to the 2023 Dutch general election, 52% of members voted for abolition of the Dutch monarchy. Timmermans, the political leader at that time, stated it would not have priority.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://nos.nl/artikel/2494066-afschaffen-monarchie-in-verkiezingsprogramma-groenlinks-pvda|date=14 October 2023|publisher=NOS|title=Afschaffen monarchie in verkiezingsprogramma GroenLinks/PvdA|language=nl}}</ref>

== Election results == ===House of Representatives=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;" ! Election ! Lead candidate ! List ! Votes ! % ! Seats ! +/– ! Government |- ! 2023 | rowspan="2" | Frans Timmermans | List | 1,643,073 | 15.75 | {{Composition bar compact|25|150|hex={{party color|GroenLinks–PvdA}}}} | {{increase}} 8{{efn|Compared to the totals of PvdA and GroenLinks in 2021.}} | {{no2|Opposition}} |- ! 2025 | List | 1,352,163 | 12.79 |{{Composition bar compact|20|150|hex={{party color|GroenLinks–PvdA}}}} |{{Decrease}} 5 | {{no2|Opposition}} |}

=== European Parliament === {|class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;" ! Election ! List ! Votes ! % ! Seats ! +/– ! EP Group |- ! 2024 | List | 1,314,428 | 21.09 | {{composition bar compact|8|31|hex={{party color|GroenLinks–PvdA}}}} | {{decrease}} 1{{efn|Compared to the totals of PvdA and GroenLinks in 2019.}} | Greens-EFA / S&D |}

=== Provincial elections === {| class="wikitable" |+ !Election !Province !Votes !% !Seats !+/− |- !2023 | style="text-align:center;" |Zeeland | style="text-align:right;" |24,514 | style="text-align:right;" |13.4 | style="text-align:right;" |{{Composition bar compact|6|39|hex={{party color|GroenLinks–PvdA}}}} | style="text-align:center;" |New |}

== Notes == {{notelist}}

== References == {{Reflist}}

== Further reading == * {{Cite book|title=Een links verhaal. Hoe GroenLinks en de PvdA ondanks alles één werden|first=Coen|last=Van de Ven|date=2025|isbn=978-94-93399-44-0|publisher=DasMag|language=nl}}

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