ABSTRACT
Institutionally, the Dutch parliament constitutes a least likely case in any search
for relations between citizens and parliament. As in other parliamentary systems,
the ‘States General’ forms the linchpin between civil society and the state, and
MPs are also known as volksvertegenwoordigers (people’s representatives), but
their interactions with ministers (executive-legislative relations) loom much
larger in their daily work than contact with citizens (political representation).
