Party for the Animals
Dutch political party focused on animal welfare and the environment.
The Party for the Animals has represented ecological politics in the Dutch Parliament since 2006, with animal welfare, Nature and environmental policy at the centre of its programme.
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Can the party turn Dutch water concerns into binding European rules?
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Tabled motions pressing for EU rules on data-centre water and power
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash: Dutch cabinet wants EU peak-load reportsBackground
The Party for the Animals, or Partij voor de Dieren, is a Dutch political party centred on animal welfare, Nature and environmental policy. It entered The National Parliament in 2006 and is represented at several levels of government.
In September 2026, its MPs tabled three data-centre motions. They asked the European Union to prohibit high-grade drinking water in cooling systems, publish operators' resource consumption and impose mandatory efficiency rules. The Dutch Cabinet addressed the motions in an October letter and left them to the Tweede Kamer's judgement. The proposals set out the party's preferred policy, while any Dutch or European rule would still require action by the chamber, the government or European Union institutions.
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