Lodewijk Asscher wants to be prime minister

This means, the Minister of Social Affairs Saturday in an interview with the Volkskrant .

During the extensive interview Asscher will not go into what PvdA leader Diederik Samson does in his poor, but what distinguishes them. "I am a more normative, value-driven politician. I have to say no qualms about what is good and what is not," says Asscher."Diederik is more of a pragmatist."

As an example, the former alderman of Finance of Amsterdam the issue Zwarte Piet: "In it I give clear my mind, as I did at that time also when I did wipe the Ramparts Most of Amsterdam was not with me, but they did.. there appreciate that I found something. "" Samson "has initially said that black Peter is black, but in the meantime he is for change," says Asscher.

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