Peace for Animals

Not to be confused with VVD, a Dutch conservative-liberal party.

Peace for Animals
Vrede voor Dieren
AbbreviationVvD
LeaderPascale Plusquin [nl]
Founders
  • Pascale Plusquin
  • Annemarie van Gelder
  • Jurgen Suurmeijer
Founded24 July 2025 (2025-07-24)
Split fromParty for the Animals
Ideology
Political positionLeft-wing
Colours  Blue-grey
Senate
0 / 75
House of Representatives
0 / 150
European Parliament
0 / 31
Municipal councils
3 / 8,512
Website
vredevoordieren.nl

Peace for Animals (Dutch: Vrede voor Dieren, VvD) is a political party in the Netherlands. Founded on 24 July 2025, it split from the Party for the Animals over dissatisfaction with the party stance on military expenditure. The party is led by former provincial councillor Pascale Plusquin [nl], and it participated in the 2025 general election without securing any seats.

History

Peace for Animals emerged from internal dissatisfaction within the Party for the Animals (PvdD) over its defence policy.[1] At a party congress in June 2025, a majority of PvdD members voted in favour of increased defence spending and support for the European rearmament program ReArm Europe.[2][3] This led to a split within the party, after which Peace for Animals was founded under the leadership of Pascale Plusquin.

On 1 September 2025, three municipal council members joined the new party: two from Rotterdam, who had previously resigned their PvdD membership due to disagreement with the party's new direction,[4] and one from Rheden.[5] The party contested the 2025 general election in all twenty electoral districts, but its 0.16% of the vote was insufficient to secure a seat in the House of Representatives.

Electoral results

House of Representatives

Election Lead candidate List Votes % Seats +/– Government
2025 Pascale Plusquin List 16,819 0.16 New Extra-parliamentary

References

  1. ^ "Defensiediscussie in Partij voor de Dieren leidt tot afsplitsing". NOS (in Dutch). 4 August 2025. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
  2. ^ "Meerderheid leden Partij voor de Dieren steunt fractie over defensie". NOS (in Dutch). 14 June 2025. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
  3. ^ "Weer een nieuwe partij in Nederland: Vrede voor Dieren wil vooral een vredesbeweging zijn". VRT NWS (in Dutch). 4 August 2025. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
  4. ^ "Fractie Partij voor de Dieren Rotterdam zegt lidmaatschap op". Trouw (in Dutch). 22 April 2025. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
  5. ^ "Twee fracties sluiten zich aan bij Vrede voor Dieren". Vrede voor Dieren (in Dutch). 1 September 2025. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
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