#THENETHERLANDS: Former "50Plus Party" MP Forms "Freethinking" Party

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Member of Parliament Norbert Klein, formerly a member of the small 50PLUS party has created the Freethinking Party, which he says stands for "independent creative people who are involved in a free and caring society." He left 50PLUS in June because it was a single-issue party focused on the aging.

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Party Leader Resigns Parliament Over Failure to Pay Pensions [world politics news]

50Plus Party leader Henk Krol has resigned his position and his seat in parliament after it was revealed that from 2004-2007 and 2009, he failed to pay into a pension fund for employees of a newspaper he ran. His party, which advocates for seniors, often criticizes banks for "raiding pensions."