Femke Merel van Kooten
Femke Merel van Kooten-Arissen (born 9 November 1983) is a Dutch politician and former Member of the House of Representatives.

She was first elected in the 2017 general election, in which she stood as a member of the Party for the Animals. From 15 October 2018 to 4 February 2019 she was on maternity leave from Parliament.

On 16 July 2019, she left the PvdD and became an independent MP. In December 2019 she joined 50Plus, but continued to sit as an independent in Parliament. She left 50Plus in May 2020 together with its leader Henk Krol, forming the Party for the Future.

After about three months, in early August 2020, she left the PvdT in opposition to its merger with Group Otten, a party formed by former members of the far right Forum for Democracy. The merger had been arranged by Henk Krol without her knowledge. She once again sat as an independent, and would do so for the remainder of the parliamentary term. The Party for the Future was eventually completely dissolved before the end of 2020.

For the general election in 2021, van Kooten formed her own party, the aptly named Splinter, and was the party's lijsttrekker. However, Splinter received only 30,000 votes, less than half of the 70,000 vote threshold required for a seat, so she was not returned to the House of Representatives.
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