Colombia Politics had the valuable opportunity to discuss Colombian politics with a top European politician, Dr. Arjan Vliegenthart.
Dr Vliegenthart is a Senator in the Dutch first Chamber and Head of the Dutch Socialist Party Research Institute.
He agreed to talk to us, and give us his insight and opinion on multiple topics like the Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and Colombia, the Colombian Peace Process, Tanja Nijmeijer, the value of tolerance towards left-wing thought in Colombian democracy, and what we identified as lesson drawing opportunities from the Netherlands. Here is what he had to say: