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NSC will not take part in next year's provincial elections

NSC, the party founded by Pieter Omtzigt, will not field candidates in the provincial elections next year, its acting chair has announced.

NSC will not take part in next year's provincial elections, acting party chair Ronald de Bruin told a members' meeting in Breda.

The party board asked all provincial boards whether there was enough "support and capacity" (draagvlak en draagkracht) to take part, De Bruin said. "In the end the answer to that in all provinces was: no."