Overview
- Councillors voted 25–7 on December 18 to keep shops closed on Sundays, defeating the VVD motion.
- ChristenUnie, DURF and SGP upheld their coalition agreement, with the CDA also voting against the proposal.
- The VVD offered to implement Sunday opening from July 1, 2026 after the next elections, but the offer did not win support.
- DURF reiterated that its position reflects reliability to agreed commitments within the current coalition.
- VVD councillor Leendert Hoek argued the ban imposes one group’s will on others, while faction leader Lennart van der Plas reported receiving both supportive and hostile messages after earlier debates.