Tijs van den Brink is Leaving the Eo After More Than 25 Years. The 55-Year-old Presenter has applied to the CDA for a place on the list of candidates.
“After the fall of the cabinet, I taught the plunge and wrote a letter of application to the cda,” Says van den Brink in a press release from the eo. “Whether It Ultimately Leads to Membership of Parliament will be determined by the cda and the voter. That is excitation, but I am Taking this step with conviction.”
It is not Yet Known How High van den Brink is on the list. If he does not end up in Parliament after the parliamentary elections at the end of October, the presenter and the eo will discuss “the situation that has aris.” However, it is excluded that he will resume his old work in that case. The Presenter is No Longer Journalistically Active for the Broadcasting Company with Immediate effect.
“His way of working was characterized by sobriety, Sharpness and Carefulness,” Says Hans van der Linden, editor-in-chief of Journalism at the Eo. “I Will Miss Him, his Journalistic Craftsmanship and Moral Antenna, But I Sincerely Wish Him This Step.”
Van den Brink Joined the Eo in 1996. In His First years he presented programs Such as two today , network and pronounced . Lately he was presenter of the journalistic programs this is the day and this is tijs and the podcast de spindoctors.
Van den Brink is not the first presenter to make the switch to politics. For Example, Lingo Presenter Lucille Werner Ended Up in the House of Representatives in 2021 After the CDA Placed Her High on the Electoral List. She Left Politics Again in 2023.