Marianne Thieme,
founder of the Dutch animal rights party PvdD, is stepping down as
leader after 17 years.
Thieme’s announcement on Sunday came as a surprise to most of the
political world, in keeping with a career that has constantly defied
expectations.
‘Party leaders usually step down as MPs after losing an election,’ she
told a gathering of Partij voor de Dieren members. ‘Looking at our
growing movement, that would mean I wouldn’t be able to stop until I was
300 years old. But I’m not waiting until then: I’m doing it today.’
The 47-year-old said she had made up her mind following the European
Parliament elections in May, where the PvdD retained the seat it won in
2014.
Thieme founded the party on October 28 2002 to promote animal rights in
the context of a wider programme of activism on a range of issues
spanning vegetarianism, women’s rights and the TTIP transatlantic trade
treaty.
Read more at DutchNews.nl:
Marianne Thieme, founder of the Dutch animal rights party PvdD, is stepping down as leader after 17 years.founder of the Dutch animal rights party PvdD, is stepping down as
leader after 17 years.
Thieme’s announcement on Sunday came as a surprise to most of the
political world, in keeping with a career that has constantly defied
expectations.
‘Party leaders usually step down as MPs after losing an election,’ she
told a gathering of Partij voor de Dieren members. ‘Looking at our
growing movement, that would mean I wouldn’t be able to stop until I was
300 years old. But I’m not waiting until then: I’m doing it today.’
The 47-year-old said she had made up her mind following the European
Parliament elections in May, where the PvdD retained the seat it won in
2014.
Thieme founded the party on October 28 2002 to promote animal rights in
the context of a wider programme of activism on a range of issues
spanning vegetarianism, women’s rights and the TTIP transatlantic trade
treaty.
Read more at DutchNews.nl:
Thieme’s announcement on Sunday came as a surprise to most of the political world, in keeping with a career that has constantly defied expectations.
‘Party leaders usually step down as MPs after losing an election,’ she told a gathering of Partij voor de Dieren members. ‘Looking at our growing movement, that would mean I wouldn’t be able to stop until I was 300 years old.
But I’m not waiting until then: I’m doing it today.’ The 47-year-old said she had made up her mind following the European Parliament elections in May, where the PvdD retained the seat it won in 2014.
Thieme founded the party on October 28 2002 to promote animal rights in the context of a wider program of activism on a range of issues spanning vegetarianism, women’s rights and the TTIP transatlantic trade treaty.
Marianne Thieme steps down after 17 years as animal rights party leader - DutchNews.nl
