Overview
- He will continue as a one-person faction after notifying the VVD Senate group on Wednesday morning.
- He says the party has drifted from liberal core values, citing asylum emergency measures, the so‑called Uganda plan, an administrative ban on motorbike gangs without judicial oversight, and the Antifa motion.
- In a television interview he said the VVD’s backing of a motion to label Antifa a terrorist organization was the final straw.
- VVD Senate leader Tanja Klip-Martin said the decision came as a surprise and expressed regret that he is taking his seat with him.
- Van de Sanden said he raised concerns internally over more than two years without effect and chose not to wait until after the elections to act.