Socialist MP moves to Utrecht as an alderman

Socialist Party parliamentarian Paulus Jansen is leaving national politics to become an alderman in the new administration in Utrecht.

Utrecht’s new coalition council is a combination of the D66 and VVD Liberals, GroenLinks and the SP. Jansen, 60, has been an MP since 2006.

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