Dirk Gotink

Gotink first ran for the European Parliament in 2014 on the CDA's party list.^[1]

When Pieter Omtzigt, a former CDA member, founded the New Social Contract (NSC) party in August 2023, Gotink joined. At the time, he argued the CDA had lost its critical voice with regard to the European Union. Gotink was chosen to serve as NSC's lead candidate in the June 2024 European Parliament election. He planned to contain the EU's climate policy and financial solidarity between member states in an energy transition. In the campaign, he also decried European regulations, stating they threatened Dutch traditions such as Easter fires and rookworst.^[1] NSC won one seat in the election, joining the European People's Party Group, and Gotink was elected.^[3]

In 2026, Gotink represented the European Parliament in the selection process that decided on Lille as the host city of the newly established European Union Customs Authority (EUCA).^[4]

• Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
• Delegation for relations with Afghanistan
• Committee on Budgetary Control (substitute)
• Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (substitute)
• Delegation to the EU–Mexico Joint Parliamentary Committee (substitute)^[5]