A Noord-Holland provincial councillor who has not attended any meeting in two years has been urged by the province’s senior official to step down.

Monica Nunes, first elected on behalf of Geert Wilders’ PVV, attended three meetings in 2012 and none since then but is still paid €1,150 a month, Nos television says.

Nunes left the PVV in early 2012 after a string of conflicts and continued as an independent under the Forza Noord-Holland flag.

No powers

The queen’s commissioner in Noord Holland, Johan Remkes, has now written to Nunes urging her to resign. However, the province has no powers to sack her or stop her salary, Nos says.

Parliament is working on plans to make it easier to get rid of councillors who fail to turn up to meetings, Remkes said.

Elsevier points out that in 2011, Nunes hit the headlines after it emerged she was both provincial councillor and a party worker. She is also said to have been a frequent visitor and contributor to neo-nazi website Stormfront.