Maastricht: Open Eerlijk Democratisch (also known as M:OED) is a local political party in Maastricht, Netherlands.[1] The party was formed in December 2017 to contest the municipal election in Maastricht.[2] The current party's leader is Martin van Rooij. [3] The Majority of the party members are under 35 and either students or employees at the University of Maastricht.[4] M:OED received over 2,800 votes in Maastricht municipal election on 21 March 2018 and got two seats in the municipal council[5] with the highest percentage amongst all new parties in the elections, surpassing Geert Wilders' Party for Freedom.[6][7]

Maastricht: Open Eerlijk Democratisch describes itself as "open", "honest" and "democratic".[8] The party describes itself as a representative of students, expats and young professionals.

In 2017, M:OED received two seats. Within a year after the election, M:OED's city councillor Simona Maassen left the city council. Party leader Alexander Lurvink was forced to leave the party and kept his seat as an independent councillor. Thereafter, M:OED was effectively no longer represented in the council. In 2022, M:OED was re-elected and ended up with one seat.

References

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  1. ↑ "Stem voor M:OED - M:OED". M:OED.
  2. ↑ "Veel kandidaten Maastricht van partij gewisseld". 5 March 2018.
  3. ↑ https://www.thuisinmaastricht.nl/moed-nieuwe-politieke-partij-met-lef/
  4. ↑ Beek, Sjors van. "Nieuwe politieke partij van jongeren in Maastricht".
  5. ↑ "Partijen en kandidaten". Gemeente Maastricht.
  6. ↑ "Observant Online > Home > Artikelen". www.observantonline.nl.
  7. ↑ "Waar zijn bijna 10.000 Maastrichtse PVV-stemmers uit 2017 gebleven?". De Limburger (in Dutch). 23 March 2018.
  8. ↑ "Stem voor M:OED".
  9. ↑ "Maastricht municipality website".
  10. ↑ "Observant Online".
  11. ↑ "Limburger newspaper".
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