National party
BVNL Hilversum
Local branch of BVNL (Belang van Nederland). The website uses the name “Gezamenlijk Belang”.
- Lead candidate
- Joost van Beers
- Programme
- Published
- In 2022
- 1 of 37 seats in Hilversum
„De overheid moet beschermen, niet dirigeren.”Translation: Government should protect, not direct.
Profile
BVNL Hilversum calls itself ‘the only classical liberal party in Hilversum’ and wants a municipality that focuses on its core tasks. The programme consists of eleven pillars and 44 debate statements. Recurring themes are lower local charges, a frozen civil service, more enforcement, priority for local home seekers and binding referendums.
Key positions
Summarised from the programme on the party’s website. Click “source” to read the passage itself (in Dutch).
Governance
- Coalition negotiations in public, and binding referendums on major local decisions. source (opens in a new tab)
Finances
- Freeze the growth of the civil service, and lower local charges on housing, waste and parking. source (opens in a new tab)
Safety
- More community police officers and enforcement officers (boa’s), camera surveillance at hotspots, and recovering the costs of nuisance from offenders or their parents. source (opens in a new tab)
Housing
- Priority for home seekers with local ties. Refugees with a residence permit get no priority for social housing. source (opens in a new tab)
Asylum
- Basic, temporary reception of asylum seekers, no more than the national quota requires. source (opens in a new tab)
Traffic and parking
- No zero-emission zones, and always enough parking spaces in new developments. source (opens in a new tab)
Waste
- Separate waste after collection, and abolish pay-per-kilo waste charging (diftar). source (opens in a new tab)
Energy
- Insulation and solar panels on buildings, provided there is local support. Wind turbines and solar parks on open land: no. The party’s debate statements say about wind turbines in rural areas: ‘only with local support and demonstrable added value’. source (opens in a new tab)
Care
- Stop the cuts to social assistance, social support (Wmo), youth care and anti-poverty policy. Free local public transport for people over 65. source (opens in a new tab)
Economy
- Shop and restaurant opening hours as free as possible, and fewer rules for small businesses. source (opens in a new tab)
Education
- Parents have the final say on their children’s participation in sex education. source (opens in a new tab)
The profile and positions are our own summaries, translated from Dutch. Party names and quotes are original.
Election programme
11 pijlers en 44 debatstellingen
This programme is only available on the party’s website, not as a separate document. On 29 September 2026 we saved the text in our own copy, so that you can check later what it said at the time. The programme itself is in Dutch.
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At the previous election
Municipal elections of 16 March 2022. At that time Hilversum and Wijdemeren each still had their own council; the new council will have 39 seats.
Hilversum
1 of the 37 seats · 2.8% of the votes
- BVNL: 1 seat, 1,016 votes
source: Kiesraad, Databank verkiezingsuitslagen (opens in a new tab). See also previous elections in figures (in Dutch).
Candidates
The official list of candidates will be known after the session of the central electoral committee, around 9 October 2026. Until then you can view the candidates on the party’s website (opens in a new tab).
Compiled by the editors. The party has not yet checked this page. Updated on 29 September 2026.