SP Euro-MP Harry van Bommel leaves Lower House

Thus the Chamber loses one of its longest-serving members.

The 54-year-old Van Bommel leaving Wednesday brought out. He is the foreign affairs spokesman of the party. "Now it's time for a next step which I will focus on activities in the field of international relations and / or human rights," he writes in a statement.

Initially, he wanted to stay another term in the House, but he has changed this summer thoughts. "I do not want my pension to remain in the room. Five more years than I'm sixty. And sixty you will not get another job anymore," he said in a statement.

Not the first
He remains just sit until the elections scheduled in March in the Chamber. Van Bommel is the fifth SP Euro-MP that will not recur in the group next year. Previously, Paul Ulenbelt, Sharon Gesthuizen, Farshad Bashir and Arnold Merkies already know which step to take.

Van Bommel is with SGP leader Kees van der Staaij the longest serving member of parliament. The SP Euro-MP calls his eighteen years in the Chamber 'fantastic years.During that time he has seen falling six cabinets. SP leader Emile Roemer 'with respect' reaction to his decision, says Van Bommel.

By Editorial Volkskrant: Photo: Reuters