"Common decency" and grown-up government: CDA conference

The word of the day at the Christian Democratic Appeal party conference was decency – common decency. Not only were Dutch slogans around “fatsoen” projected across the stage to 1,500 party members in Rotterdam on Saturday – the term was also part of the password for web access. Second in the polls and rapidly rising, the CDA voted in its manifesto programme in the media spotlights. Party leader Henri Bontenbal was the main focus of attention, and words of praise...