The 30 Labour members of parliament decided on Tuesday to leave it up to the wider party membership to choose a new leader following the resignation of Job Cohen.

Cohen stepped down on Monday, following mounting criticism of the party’s performance, saying he wanted to contribute to a ‘decent society’ but had been unable to put that message across sufficiently.
In particular, the PvdA has been hit by the rising popularity of the SP which has now outstripped the VVD in the latest poll.
MPs who want to contest the leadership job have one week to come forward. Diederik Samsom, Ronald Plasterk and Frans Timmermans are the current favourites to take over the job.
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Labour leader Job Cohen stands down