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=== Netherlands ===
The Parliament of the Netherlands is known as the ''Staten-Generaal'', the [[States General of the Netherlands|States General]]. It is bicameral, divided into two ''kamers'' (English: chambers). The [[Senate (Netherlands)|Senate]] is known in Dutch as the ''Eerste Kamer'' (First Chamber) and its members as ''senatoren'', senators. The [[House of Representatives (Netherlands)|House of Representatives]], known in Dutch as the ''Tweede Kamer'' (Second Chamber), is the most important one. The important debates take place here. Also, the Second Chamber can amend proposed laws and can propose laws itself. The Senate does not have these capabilities. Its function is a more technical reviewing of laws. It can only pass a law or reject it. Both chambers are in [[The Hague]], which is the seat of parliament but not the official capital of the Netherlands, which is [[Amsterdam]].

The 150 members of the House of Representatives are elected by general elections every four years (or earlier if the government falls). The 75 members of the Senate are elected indirectly. The members of the twelve provincial parliaments and the councils of the three Caribbean [[Caribbean Netherlands|special municipalities]] elect the senators. The value of a vote of a member of a provincial parliament is weighted by the population of the province. Provincial parliaments, the [[Provincial council (Netherlands)|States Provincial]], are elected by general elections every four years; a new Senate is elected three months after the provincial elections.