| Dirk Gotink | |
| Birth Date: | 13 August 1981 |
| Birth Place: | Haarlem, Netherlands |
| Party: | NSC (since 2023) |
| Otherparty: | CDA (until 2023) |
| Office: | Member of the European Parliament |
| Constituency: | Netherlands |
| Parliamentarygroup: | European People's Party Group |
| Term Start: | 16 July 2024 |
Dirk Gotink (pronounced as /nl/; born 13 August 1981) is a Dutch politician of the Christian-democratic New Social Contract (NSC) party, serving as a member of the European Parliament. He was a member of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) before 2023.
He worked in European politics for seventeen years, including as spokesperson for the European People's Party (EPP) and as assistant to Manfred Weber.[1] [2] He 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. He said 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 Dutch; Flemish: [[rookworst]].[1] NSC won one seat in the election, joining the European People's Party Group, and Gotink was elected.
| Body | Party | Votes | Result | . | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party seats | Individual | |||||||||||
| 2024 | European Parliament | New Social Contract | style=text-align:right | 1 | style=text-align:right | 136,176 | style=text-align:right | 1 | [4] |