Former transport minister Camiel Eurlings and current finance minister Jan Kees de Jager are Christian Democrat favourites to take on the leadership job, according to a poll by television programme EenVandaag.

Eurlings, who left politics for the private sector after the last election, took 21% of the vote. De Jager was second with 18%. Neither man is ‘available’.
Support for the CDA halved at the June 2010 general election and has gone down further since then. The party has not had a formal leader since Jan Pieter Balkenende resigned following the party’s disappointing performance at the polls.