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32-653: The RKSP was founded 3 June 1926, as the continuation of the General League of Roman Catholic Electoral Associations . Since 1918, the General League called itself RKSP informally. Instead of the loose league of caucuses with little party discipline , as the General League was, the RKSP became a real party, with stronger party discipline and organisation. In 1922 another Catholic party, the Roman Catholic People's Party ,

64-408: A corporatist economy, where employer's organisations , unions and state work together for the common good. The RKSP was in favour of social and labour legislation . During Great Depression , the call for a more active role of government was strengthened. Regarding foreign affairs, the RKSP was an advocate of Dutch neutrality, which was to be maintained by a strong army and navy. Furthermore,

96-685: A woman who is willing to put up with the long hours, hard work, and lack of holidays which farming life requires. This show, which aims to remedy that situation, was KRO's highest-rated television programme in 2008, achieving an average weekly viewership of 4.5 million. Another KRO speciality is the broadcasting of detective series in the strand KRO Detectives , which mainly focuses on British and Scandinavian productions. KRO also has its own children's strands, KRO Kindertijd ("KRO children's time") and Tien Plus ("Ten plus"), which it transmits during its scheduled slots on Nederland 1. KRO Kindertijd also has some programmes available live across

128-978: The Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) and the Christian Historical Union (CHU), two Protestant parties. This coalition was called the Coalition . Despite its success, the party was blocked from many political offices. Positions like the Vice-President of the Council of State and the President of the Senate and House of Representatives of the States General were all occupied by Protestants. The RKSP also supplied only one Prime Minister, Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck , between 1929 and 1933. The cooperation with

160-505: The Roman Catholic People's Party , was founded by former members of the General League and was oriented towards Catholic workers. In 1923, 10 Catholic MPs caused the fall of the second Ruijs de Beerenbrouck cabinet by voting against the budget of the Ministry for the Navy. Ruijs de Beerenbrouck continued with a new cabinet. In 1925, the orthodox Protestant MP Gerrit Hendrik Kersten caused the fall of

192-583: The first Colijn cabinet . Kersten had proposed every year for the Dutch representative at the Holy See to be abolished. Each year, the conservative Protestant CHU, which was in government with the General League, had supported the proposal. Now, the socialist and liberal opposition supported the proposal as well, which was unacceptable for the Catholic ministers, and their departure caused the cabinet to fall. Those events and

224-541: The ARP and CHU was problematic. In 1925 the Ruijs de Beerenbrouck cabinet was composed of the ARP, the CHU and the General League fell over the Dutch representation at the Holy See . This issue continued to divide the RKSP and the CHU and the ARP, as did the prohibition of traditional marches by Catholic churches and the role of government in the economy. The second Colijn cabinet fell because

256-411: The Catholic paper De Volkskrant were the voices of the RKSP. The Limburg-based priest Wiel Nolens led the party since its foundation until his death in 1931. The former professor and minister Piet Aalberse succeeded Nolens. Other prominent figures were Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck , Prime Minister between 1918 and 1925, and again from 1929 and 1933, and the young Carl Romme , who would lead

288-455: The General League's results in elections to the House of Representatives and Senate , as well as the party's political leadership: the fractievoorzitter , the chair of the parliamentary party, and the lijsttrekker, the party's top candidate in a general election; these posts are normally taken by the party's leader. It is also possible that the party leader was a cabinet member, if the General League

320-477: The KVP in the 1940s and 1950s. The RKSP was supported by Catholics of all classes. In North Brabant and Limburg , it often got more than 90% of the vote. General League of Roman Catholic Electoral Associations The General League of Roman Catholic Electoral Associations ( Dutch : Algemeene Bond van Roomsch-Katholieke Kiesverenigingen ), informally called the General League ( Dutch : Algemeene Bond ),

352-550: The RKSP wanted a more interventionist economic policy, but that cabinet was restored. In 1939, however, the fourth Colijn cabinet fell again on economic policy. In 1939, a coalition of RKSP, CHU, Free-thinking Democratic League (VDB) and Social Democratic Workers' Party (SDAP) ended more than 20 years of Coalition government. After World War II , the RKSP was replaced by the Catholic People's Party . The RKSP based on biblical norms and Catholic dogma . An important encyclical

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384-615: The bulk of its television output on the NPO 1 channel. KRO was also responsible for managing broadcasts made by the Catholic Church in the Netherlands in the airtime allocated to Rooms-Katholiek Kerkgenootschap . KRO published the magazines Studio KRO Magazine and Mikro gids . On 1 January 2014, it merged with Nederlandse Christelijke Radio Vereniging (NCRV) to form KRO-NCRV . Orkest Zonder Naam (English: "Nameless Orchestra")

416-519: The economy, while denouncing socialism . As a Catholic party, it advocated equal finances for religious and public schools . Furthermore, the party supported religious freedom for Catholics in the Northern provinces, such as the right to hold religious demonstrations. It wanted a separate envoy at the Holy See and a strong Catholic mission in the Dutch East Indies . As a Catholic social party, it

448-461: The formation of a new party in 1896. All Catholic candidates then rallied around one programme, written by Schaepman. The programme was inspired by the encyclical Rerum novarum , which advocated social Catholic politics. From 1897, Catholic MPs began to meet regularly. Finally, on 15 October 1904, the General League was founded as a federation of district and provincial Catholic electoral associations and parliamentarians. The 1905 general election

480-482: The largest party, and its alliance with the ARP and CHU won a considerable majority. For the first time in Dutch political history, a Catholic, Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck , became Prime Minister . That responsibility put considerable pressure on the party. In 1919, Henri van Groenendael was removed from the party ranks due to his sympathy for the Limburgurgish separatist movement. In 1922 another Catholic party,

512-604: The late 1880s, the Catholics became disillusioned with the liberals because, although they supported the freedom of religion, they refused to finance Catholic, or otherwise religious, schools. That became an important issue that united the Catholics. In 1888 the Catholic parliamentary party switched its allegiances to the Protestant Anti-Revolutionary Party and became part of the first Coalition cabinet, led by Aeneas Mackay Jr. . The new cabinet also jump started

544-727: The party was in favour of the colonial government of the Dutch East Indies . The KVP had close links to many other Catholic institutions such as the Catholic Church and together they formed the Catholic pillar . These organisations included the Catholic Labour Union, the Catholic Employers Organisation, the Catholic Farmers' Organisation, Catholic Hospitals united in the Yellow-White Cross and Catholic Schools. The Catholic Broadcasting Association KRO and

576-666: The population. In the north, however, Catholics were not allowed to organise religious rallies and demonstrations. Until 1848, the hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church was forbidden in the Netherlands. A mix of Protestantism and nationalism, inspired by the struggle for independence against the Catholic Spanish, was a reason. Until the 1880s, the most important ally of the Catholics were the liberals , who advocated freedom of religion. Catholics supported several liberal governments but were divided between two groups: those for

608-507: The pressure of governing accelerated the General League's change to a tightly-organised mass party. In 1926, it formed a new party, the Roman Catholic State Party , which was the continuation of the General League with a stronger organisation. The name "League" conveyed three things: its federative nature, as it was a federal league of electoral associations, its Roman Catholic ideology, and its opposition to partisan politics – it

640-399: The progressive Herman Schaepman and those for the conservative Bernardus Marie Bahlmann . The progressives favoured a corporatist economy and extension of suffrage, but the conservatives, who represented business interests, opposed both. Meanwhile, the organisation of the Catholics was concentrated on the district or province. The Brabant electoral associations were exceptionally strong. In

672-614: The rights of Catholics. As a Catholic party in a predominantly Protestant country, it is similar to the German Centre Party or the Swiss Conservative People's Party . All three were committed to the emancipation of Catholics from their disadvantaged position. KRO KRO , or Katholieke Radio Omroep (Catholic Radio Broadcasting), was a Dutch public broadcasting organization founded on 23 April 1925. Broadly Catholic in its spiritual outlook, KRO broadcast

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704-466: Was Rerum novarum of 1891. In this Pope Leo XIII called for stronger government interference in the economy, while denouncing socialism . The RKSP wanted strong government control over public morality: divorce should be limited, the Sunday's rest was to be kept, cinemas and theatres should be kept under tight government control, alcohol addiction should be combated. The party was a staunch proponent of

736-477: Was a Catholic political party in the Netherlands . It existed from 1904 to 1926, when it was succeeded by the Roman Catholic State Party . It is one of the ancestors of today's Christian Democratic Appeal . During the 19th century, Catholics were a disadvantaged minority in the Netherlands. They enjoyed considerable independence in the southern provinces North Brabant and Limburg , where they formed 90% of

768-540: Was a general league. The long name was not abbreviated in an acronym, but just as General League. Before the foundation of the Roman Catholic State Party in 1926 the party was also generally known under that name. The General League was a Catholic party, which explicitly based itself on the papal encyclical Rerum novarum . In this encyclical Pope Leo XIII expressed the principles of Catholic social teaching. It called for stronger government intervention in

800-465: Was a staunch proponent of a corporatist economy, where employers' organisations , unions , and the state work together for the common good. It supported the implementation of a system of social security , protection to develop national industry, and the improvement of the position of workers. It advocated householder franchise in which only heads of families could vote. After World War I it advocated increased spending on defense. This table shows

832-431: Was allied to the Protestant Anti-Revolutionary Party and Christian Historical Union , in alliance called the Coalition . Their shared issue was the equal financing for religious schools by the government. The relationship with the ARP, which also supported the extension of suffrage and recognised the Catholic religion, was considerably better than with the CHU, which opposed the extension of suffrage and sought to minimise

864-498: Was dependent on the party's parliamentary party. The General League had close links to many other Catholic institutions such as the Roman Catholic Church , and together they formed the Catholic pillar . These organisations included a Catholic labour union , the Catholic employers' organisation , the Catholic farmers' organisation, Catholic Hospitals united in the Yellow-White Cross, and Catholic Schools. The General League

896-432: Was founded by former members of the General League. It was oriented towards Catholic workers. The General League received little competition from this party, but accelerated the RKSP's process of party-formation. During the 1920s and the 1930s, the RKSP was the biggest party in the Netherlands, receiving a steady 30% percent of the vote at each election. During this entire period the party was in government, in coalition with

928-411: Was part of the governing coalition. The "highest ranking" minister is listed. The General League was supported by Catholics of all classes. In North Brabant and Limburg , it often got more than 90% of the vote, and was comfortably in control of the provincial and municipal councils . The party was a loose league of electoral associations, with little party discipline . The weak party organisation

960-453: Was preparing an important constitutional revision to solve the two most pressing political issues of the past three decades: suffrage and equal financing for religious schools. All parties were involved in the process, and in 1917, the changes were implemented. Then, the General League grew in power. In the 1918 general election , the first held under proportional representation, the League became

992-542: Was the KRO's official orchestra during the pillarization of Dutch society. Their 1952 song " Naar de speeltuin " is a Dutch evergreen, which sold 25,000 copies. On television, KRO's "behind-the-news" show is Netwerk , which it produces in cooperation with Evangelische Omroep and NCRV . A popular show which KRO began in 2005 is Boer zoekt vrouw ( Farmer Wants a Wife ), presented by Yvon Jaspers . Many Dutch farmers remain single because they find it hard to find

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1024-479: Was the first election contested by the League. It retained the same number of seats as previously held by Catholic candidates: 25 (out of 100). That number remained remarkably stable in subsequent elections. The party governed between 1908 and 1913 together with the ARP and the Protestant CHU, in the cabinet led by Theo Heemskerk . Between 1913 and 1918, the party was out of power by a liberal minority cabinet, which

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