Back Christen-Demokratiese Appèl Afrikaans Christen Democratisch Appèl AN حزب النداء الديمقراطي المسيحي Arabic Хрысціянска-дэмакратычны заклік Byelorussian Crida Demòcrata Cristiana Catalan Křesťanskodemokratická výzva Czech Christen-Democratisch Appèl Danish Christen-Democratisch Appèl German Χριστιανοδημοκρατική Έκκληση Greek Kristandemokrata Apelo Esperanto
Christian Democratic Appeal Christen-Democratisch Appèl | |
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| Abbreviation | CDA |
| Leader | Henri Bontenbal (list) |
| Chairperson | Jean Wiertz (list) |
| Leader in the Senate | Theo Bovens (list) |
| Leader in the House of Representatives | Henri Bontenbal (list) |
| Leader in the European Parliament | Tom Berendsen |
| Founded | 23 June 1973 (pre-federation) 11 October 1980 (party) |
| Merger of | Catholic People's Party Anti-Revolutionary Party Christian Historical Union |
| Headquarters | Buitenom 18, The Hague |
| Youth wing | Christian Democratic Youth Appeal |
| Think tank | Wetenschappelijk Instituut voor het CDA |
| Membership (2024) |  29,721[1] |
| Ideology | Christian democracy |
| Political position | Centre to centre-right |
| Regional affiliation | Christian Group[2] |
| European affiliation | European People's Party |
| European Parliament group | European People's Party |
| International affiliation | Centrist Democrat International |
| Colours | Green |
| Senate | 6 / 75 |
| House of Representatives | 5 / 150 |
| Provincial councils | 42 / 570 |
| European Parliament | 3 / 31 |
| Benelux Parliament | 1 / 21 |
| Website | |
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The Christian Democratic Appeal (Dutch: Christen-Democratisch Appèl, pronounced [krɪstə(n)deːmoːkraːtis ɑˈpɛl], CDA) is a Christian democratic[3][4][5][6] political party in the Netherlands.
It was formed as a federation in 1975 by the Catholic People's Party, the Anti-Revolutionary Party and the Christian Historical Union. It first participated in a general election in 1977 and became a unitary party in 1980. The party dominated Dutch politics from 1977 until 1994, becoming the largest party all but twice and having its leaders Dries van Agt and Ruud Lubbers as Prime Minister. The party lost in the 1994 general election after which the first two cabinets without them were formed. The CDA would become the largest party again between 2002–2010, in which period their leader Jan Peter Balkenende would lead four cabinets. Further electoral decline followed between 2010–2023 under changing leadership, participating in three out of four cabinets as junior coalition partner. Since the 2023 general election, the party is with five seats in opposition and is led by Henri Bontenbal.
- ^ "Ledentallen Nederlandse politieke partijen per 1 januari 2024" [Membership of Dutch political parties as of 1 January 2024]. University of Groningen (in Dutch). Documentation Centre Dutch Political Parties. 28 February 2024. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
- ^ "Politieke fracties". Benelux Parliament (in Dutch). Retrieved 8 August 2023.
- ^ Kees Van Kerbergen; André Krouwel (2013). "A double-edged sword! The Dutch centre-right and the 'foreigners issue'". In Tim Bale (ed.). Immigration and Integration Policy in Europe: Why Politics – and the Centre-Right – Matter. Routledge. pp. 91–92. ISBN 978-1-317-96827-6.
- ^ Wijbrandt H. Van Schuur; Gerrit Voerman (2010). "Democracy in Retreat? Decline in political party membership: the case of the Netherlands". In Barbara Wejnert (ed.). Democratic Paths and Trends. Emerald Group Publishing. p. 28. ISBN 978-0-85724-091-0.
- ^ Christopher Anderson (1995). Blaming the Government: Citizens and the Economy in Five European Democracies. M.E. Sharpe. p. 64. ISBN 978-1-56324-448-3. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
- ^ Nordsieck, Wolfram (2021). "Netherlands". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
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