Sebastiaan Stöteler
Sebastiaan Stöteler | |
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 Stöteler in 2021 | |
| Member of the European Parliament for the Netherlands | |
| Assumed office 16 July 2024 | |
| Member of the Provincial Council of Overijssel | |
| Assumed office 16 March 2022 | |
| Member of the Almelo Municipal Council | |
| Assumed office 21 March 2018 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | T.S.M. Stöteler 18 November 1983 Almelo, Netherlands |
| Political party | Party for Freedom (2016–present) |
| Alma mater | HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht |
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T.S.M. "Sebastiaan" Stöteler (Dutch: [səˈbɑstiaːn ˈstøːtələr]; born 18 November 1983) is a Dutch politician of the right-wing populist Party for Freedom (PVV). Born and raised in Almelo, he worked as a judicial officer and served on its municipal council starting in 2018. He became a member of the Provincial Council of Overijssel in 2022. Stöteler was the PVV's lead candidate in the June 2024 European Parliament election.
Life[edit]
Stöteler was born in Almelo, Overijssel in 1983, and he grew up there. He had several jobs after graduating high school with a havo diploma, and he later studied law at the HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht. He worked as a judicial officer for a debt collection agency starting in the mid-2010s.[1] Stöteler entered the Almelo Municipal Council in 2018, where he has served on its presidium and as the PVV's parliamentary leader.[1][2] Comparing him to other municipal councilors of the PVV, de Volkskrant described Stöteler as a moderate who occasionally cooperated with the governing coalition.[1] He was the party's 25th candidate in the March 2021 general election, when the PVV won 17 seats.[1][3] Stöteler became a member of the Provincial Council of Overijssel the following year next to this job and his position on the municipal council.[1]
He was selected as the PVV's lead candidate in the June 2024 European Parliament election.[4] Newspaper NRC called Stöteler invisible during the campaign, as he shied away from public appearances apart from attending two debates.[2] He announced that the PVV intended to leave the Identity and Democracy Party in favor of a new party to be established by French politician Marine Le Pen.[4] Furthermore, the PVV did not campaign for immediate Dutch withdrawal from the European Union (EU) during the election, opting instead for weakening the EU from within.[5]
Electoral history[edit]
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| Year | Body | Party | Pos. | Votes | Result | Ref. | ||
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| 2021 | House of Representatives | PVV | 25 | 338 | 17 | Lost | [3] | |
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e Hendrickx, Frank (7 June 2024). "In het Europees Parlement zal Wilders' nieuwe man in Brussel als grote onbekende worden ontvangen" [Wilders's new man in Brussels will be received in the European Parliament as a major unknown]. de Volkskrant (in Dutch). Retrieved 8 June 2024.
- ^ a b Rutten, Rik (3 June 2024). "Wilders ontziet coalitiegenoten met Europese campagne en weet wat de meeste stemmen trekt: hijzelf" [Wilders spares coalition partners in European campaign and knows what will yield the most votes: himself]. NRC (in Dutch). Retrieved 3 June 2024.
- ^ a b "Proces-verbaal verkiezingsuitslag Tweede Kamer 2021" [Report of the election results House of Representatives 2021] (PDF). Dutch Electoral Council (in Dutch). 29 March 2021. pp. 18–19. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
- ^ a b "PVV wil in nieuwe Europese fractie van radicaal-rechtse partijen met Le Pen en Meloni" [PVV wants to join new European group of radical right parties with Le Pen and Meloni]. Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). 1 June 2024. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
- ^ Lammers, Esther; Markus, Niels (2 June 2024). "Partijen vechten om aandacht, en tegen hun eigen campagnemoeheid" [Parties are fighting for attention, and against their own campaign fatigue]. Trouw (in Dutch). Retrieved 2 June 2024.
