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=== 2023 general election ===
=== 2023 general election ===
After the [[2023 Dutch general election|November 2023 snap election]] was triggered following the collapse of the [[fourth Rutte cabinet]], Simons announced on 24 July that she would not run for re-election and would stand down as lead candidate for the party citing health reasons. Around the same time, several reports emerged of internal instability within BIJ1 which had built up over previous years. Two BIJ1 Amsterdam councilors also quit the party before Simons’ announcement, citing a “toxic climate” in the party and stated Simons had also insufficiently supported them which Simons denied.{{Cite web |url = https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2023/07/24/sylvana-simons-niet-opnieuw-bij1-lijsttrekker-nadat-amsterdamse-raadsleden-zich-afsplitsen-a4170458 |url-access = subscription |access-date = 12 August 2023 |website = NRC |language = nl |title = Sylvana Simons niet opnieuw Bij1-lijsttrekker nadat Amsterdamse raadsleden zich afsplitsen |trans-title = Sylvana Simons won’t be BIJ1 lead candidate again after Amersterdam councilors leave the party |date = 24 July 2023 |last = Wieringa |first = Rein }}{{Cite news |url = https://www.volkskrant.nl/nieuws-achtergrond/sylvana-simons-wil-geen-lijsttrekker-bij1-meer-zijn-ziet-uit-naar-rust~bedd76cb/ |website = de Volkskrant |url-access = subscription |access-date = 12 August 2023 |last = Linnemann |first = Esma |title = Sylvana Simons wil geen lijsttrekker Bij1 meer zijn, ‘ziet uit naar rust’ |trans-title = Sylvana Simons no longer wants to be BIJ1 lead candidate, ‘is looking forward to rest’ }}
After the [[2023 Dutch general election|November 2023 snap election]] was triggered following the collapse of the [[fourth Rutte cabinet]], Simons announced on 24 July that she would not run for re-election and would stand down as lead candidate for the party citing health reasons. Around the same time, several reports emerged of internal instability within BIJ1 which had built up over previous years. Two BIJ1 Amsterdam councilors also quit the party before Simons’ announcement, citing a “toxic climate” in the party and stated Simons had also insufficiently supported them which Simons denied.{{Cite web |url = https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2023/07/24/sylvana-simons-niet-opnieuw-bij1-lijsttrekker-nadat-amsterdamse-raadsleden-zich-afsplitsen-a4170458 |url-access = subscription |access-date = 12 August 2023 |website = NRC |language = nl |title = Sylvana Simons niet opnieuw Bij1-lijsttrekker nadat Amsterdamse raadsleden zich afsplitsen |trans-title = Sylvana Simons won’t be BIJ1 lead candidate again after Amersterdam councilors leave the party |date = 24 July 2023 |last = Wieringa |first = Rein }}{{Cite news |url = https://www.volkskrant.nl/nieuws-achtergrond/sylvana-simons-wil-geen-lijsttrekker-bij1-meer-zijn-ziet-uit-naar-rust~bedd76cb/ |website = de Volkskrant |url-access = subscription |access-date = 12 August 2023 |last = Linnemann |first = Esma |title = Sylvana Simons wil geen lijsttrekker Bij1 meer zijn, ‘ziet uit naar rust’ |trans-title = Sylvana Simons no longer wants to be BIJ1 lead candidate, ‘is looking forward to rest’ }}
== Ideology ==
== Ideology ==
Dutch political party
BIJ1 (Dutch pronunciation: [bɛi̯ˈeːn]; lit. ‘together’), formerly known as Article 1 (Dutch: Artikel 1), is a political party in the Netherlands. It was founded in Amsterdam in 2016 by Sylvana Simons, a television personality who was formerly connected to another party, Denk.[14][15][16] Edson Olf has led the party since September 2023.[17]
History[edit]
Foundation[edit]
In 2016, Sylvana Simons joined Denk, a political movement founded by MPs Tunahan Kuzu and Selçuk Öztürk after leaving the Labour Party following an internal dispute over the party’s position on integration.[18][19] In December of the same year, Simons left the movement as she was disappointed by the lack of support she received from the party during a period of intense death threats.[20] She also felt that Denk was becoming increasingly conservative and losing interest in progressive causes such as LGBT rights.
Shortly after her departure from Denk, Simons founded her own party, named Article 1. The name referred to the first article of the Dutch constitution, which prohibits discrimination based on race, religion, gender or any other reason.[21]
2017 general election[edit]
On 15 March 2017, Article 1 contested the general election with Simons as lead candidate. Other prominent candidates were anthropologist Gloria Wekker and former Socialist Party senator Anja Meulenbelt. The party failed to get enough endorsements in the provinces of Friesland and Drenthe to get on the ballot.[22]
Article 1 received 28,700 votes (0.27%), failing to reach the 0.67% threshold to get a seat in the House of Representatives. Most of the…