Overview
- Kees Ahles of Leefbaar Almere resigned with immediate effect on 24 November, saying the job had become unworkable and criticizing a flood of council questions and blurred role divisions.
- Micha Mos of GroenLinks stepped down days earlier citing personal circumstances, leaving two vacancies in the executive college.
- The college will run with five aldermen through the March municipal elections, with the mayor and remaining members set to reallocate the vacated portfolios; specific assignments are not yet decided.
- An extra council debate was convened as opposition parties including VVD, PVV, 50PLUS, Almere Partij, Forum voor Democratie, BIJ1 and Groep Buyatui sought assurances on continuity and the governance culture.
- A push from the opposition to delay major and costly decisions until after the elections was rejected by a council majority.