Pipple partner Femke Zeedijk is 12th on the candidate list of Pieter Omtzigt’s new party Nieuw Sociaal Contract with a nice prospect of a spot in the second chamber. It is nice to see that econometricians and mathematicians can also be of value in political The Hague.

Femke: “𝘔𝘪𝘫𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘱 𝘷𝘢𝘯 𝘈𝘚𝘔𝘓 𝘯𝘢𝘢𝘳 𝘗𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘱𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘫𝘯 𝘯𝘪𝘦𝘶𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘶𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘬𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘦 𝘬𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘥 𝘷𝘰𝘰𝘳 𝘕𝘚𝘊 𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘯 𝘯𝘰𝘨 𝘸𝘦𝘭 𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘕𝘢𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘮𝘪𝘫𝘯 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘬 𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘬𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘣 𝘪𝘬 𝘮𝘦 𝘥𝘦 𝘢𝘧𝘨𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘫𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘱 𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘬𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘻𝘦𝘵 𝘷𝘰𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘳 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘥𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨: 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘸𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦, 𝘵𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘯 𝘬𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘦 𝘙𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘷𝘢𝘯 𝘈𝘚𝘔𝘓. 𝘛𝘰𝘦𝘯 𝘗𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘖𝘮𝘵𝘻𝘪𝘨𝘵, 𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵, 𝘮𝘦𝘵 𝘻𝘪𝘫𝘯 𝘯𝘪𝘦𝘶𝘸𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘫 𝘕𝘚𝘊 𝘬𝘸𝘢𝘮 𝘮𝘦𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘥𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘢, 𝘢𝘢𝘳𝘻𝘦𝘭𝘥𝘦 𝘪𝘬 𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘨𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝘞𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘶𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘫𝘬 𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘢𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘬 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘻𝘪𝘫𝘯 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘦 𝘰𝘱 𝘩𝘦𝘵 𝘨𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘶𝘪𝘬 𝘷𝘢𝘯 𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘪𝘫 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘭𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘷𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘔𝘪𝘫𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘫𝘥 𝘨𝘦𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘱𝘶𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘷𝘰𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘨𝘰𝘦𝘥𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘦, 𝘯𝘰𝘰𝘪𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘵 𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘱𝘶𝘯𝘵. 𝘌𝘯 𝘥𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘵 𝘗𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘖𝘮𝘵𝘻𝘪𝘨𝘵 𝘻𝘰 𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘵 𝘨𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘶𝘪𝘬 𝘷𝘢𝘯 𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘋𝘦𝘯 𝘏𝘢𝘢𝘨. 𝘝𝘢𝘯 𝘷𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘪𝘥𝘴𝘷𝘰𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘪𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘰𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘵 𝘪𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘬𝘰𝘮𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘷𝘰𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘢𝘳 𝘢𝘢𝘯 𝘻𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘨𝘰𝘦𝘥𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘦 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘦 𝘢𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘋𝘢𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘵 𝘯𝘶 𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘻𝘰 𝘨𝘢𝘢𝘧 𝘥𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘳 𝘯𝘢𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘨𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘪𝘥𝘴𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘱 𝘥𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘫𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘢𝘯. 𝘐𝘬 𝘣𝘦𝘯 𝘗𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘣𝘢𝘢𝘳 𝘷𝘰𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘣𝘣𝘦𝘯 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘻𝘦𝘵. 𝘗𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘗𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘰𝘱-𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘸𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘬 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘨𝘢 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘯.”

To quote our namesake Pippi Longstocking, “I’ve never done it before so I think I can do it!” We are very proud of Femke, will miss her tremendously but most of all wish her every success in her new adventure.