{"id":2594,"date":"2026-09-05T13:13:41","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T13:13:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/d66.nl\/westland\/?post_type=people-type&#038;p=2594"},"modified":"2026-09-05T13:13:41","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T13:13:41","slug":"paul-de-raaij","status":"publish","type":"people-type","link":"https:\/\/d66.nl\/westland\/mensen\/paul-de-raaij\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul de Raaij"},"content":{"rendered":"<div\n  id=\"\"\n  class=\"wrapper  wrapper__spacing-bottom-large--110 wrapper__spacing-bottom-desktop--70 wrapper__spacing-bottom-mobile--30  wrapper__gutter--none\"\n  >\n  \t<div class=\"wrapper__container wrapper__container-width-large--default\">\n\t  <div class=\"wrapper__inner wrapper__width-large--22 wrapper__width-desktop--24 wrapper__width-mobile--24 wrapper__offset-large--1 wrapper__offset-desktop--0 wrapper__offset-mobile--0\">\n\t\t<section class=\"block-person-hero\">\n  <div class=\"block-person-hero__heading\">\n\t<h1 class=\"heading heading__align--left heading__color--black heading__size--giant  heading__weight--regular\" id=\"nav-paul-de-raaij1013\" data-nav-heading-mobile=\"Paul de Raaij\">\n\tPaul de Raaij<\/h1>  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"block-person-hero__subheading\">\n\t<h2 class=\"heading heading__align--left heading__color--black heading__size--larger heading__font--sans heading__weight--semiBold\" id=\"nav-1286\" data-nav-heading-mobile=\"\">\n\t<\/h2>  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"block-person-hero__image\">\n\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"930\" height=\"790\" src=\"https:\/\/media.d66.nl\/uploads\/sites\/168\/2026\/09\/foto_kasmagazine.jpg\" class=\"image block-person-hero__img\" alt=\"\" \/>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"image__caption-wrapper block-person-hero__caption-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"image__caption block-person-hero__caption\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"paragraph paragraph__align--left paragraph__color--black paragraph__size--small paragraph__weight--medium\">\n\t\t<b>Paul de Raaij<\/b> <i>&#045;<\/i> Beeld: D66 Westland\t<\/p>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"block-person-hero__content\">\n\t<p class=\"paragraph paragraph__align--left paragraph__color--black paragraph__size--big\">\n\t\tIt takes a village to raise a child. Een overtuiging die ik al lang bij mij draag, maar sinds ik jaren geleden vader ben geworden steeds weer bevestigt zie worden. Ik voed mijn kinderen niet alleen samen met mijn partner op. Juist ook met de omgeving op school. de sportverenigingen en de speelomgeving op straat. Hoe harmonieus, sociaal en veilig die is wordt mede ingericht door de gemeente. Het is aan de lokale politiek om daar de richting voor te bepalen. <br><br>Mijn wens is dat onze gemeente en prettige en duurzame omgeving blijft voor alle inwoners. Jong, oud, zorgbehoevend of in welke fase van je leven ook. De straat is veilig voor je, als je het nodig hebt biedt de gemeente de passende ondersteuning die je nodig heeft. Maar ook dat als je alles op order hebt niet gelimiteerd wordt door onnodige regels of limieten. Niet alleen voor jou als individu, maar voor de gehele samenleving.<br><br>In Afrika noemt men dit Ubuntu. De verbondenheid tussen een mens en anderen en de verantwoordelijkheid om ook zorg te dragen voor anderen. Vanuit die filosofie ben ik actief als politiek secretaris Westland. Het is mijn manier om bij te dragen aan een duurzaam en sociaal-liberaal Westland. Voor de mensen die al meedraaien in de samenleving, maar ook voor diegene die dat (nog) niet kunnen. Op naar een sociaal en liberaal Westland.\t<\/p>  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\t  <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div\n  id=\"\"\n  class=\"wrapper  wrapper__spacing-bottom-large--50 wrapper__spacing-bottom-desktop--70 wrapper__spacing-bottom-mobile--50  wrapper__gutter--none\"\n  >\n  \t<div class=\"wrapper__container wrapper__container-width-large--default\">\n\t  <div class=\"wrapper__inner wrapper__width-large--18 wrapper__width-desktop--22 wrapper__width-mobile--24 wrapper__offset-large--6 wrapper__offset-desktop--2 wrapper__offset-mobile--0\">\n\t\t<section class=\"block-people-introduction\">\n\t<div class=\"block-people-introduction__content\">\n\t\t<p class=\"paragraph paragraph__align--left paragraph__color--black paragraph__size--big\">\n\t\tI\t<\/p><section class=\"people-bullet-point-card block-people-introduction__people-bullet-point-card\" style=\"--bg-color: var(--global-colors-texasRose)\">\n\t<div class=\"people-bullet-point-card__wrapper\">\n\t\t<div class=\"people-bullet-point-card__title\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"heading    heading__font--sans heading__weight--bold\" id=\"nav-over-paul4894\" data-nav-heading-mobile=\"Over Paul\">\n\tOver Paul<\/h2>\t\t\t<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"people-bullet-point-card__border\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"people-bullet-point-card__info\">\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"lists\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><label>Woonplaats<\/label><span>Wateringen<\/span><\/li>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"people-bullet-point-card__email\">\n\t\t\t\t<span>\n\t\t\t\t\tStuur Paul een <a href=\"mailto:politieksecretaris@d66westland.nl\">e-mail<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/section><p class=\"paragraph paragraph__align--left paragraph__color--black paragraph__size--default\">\n\t\t\t<\/p><div class=\"content-accordion js-content-accordion\" data-accordion-opened=\"0\">\n\n\t\n\t<button id=\"content-accordion-trigger-4161489718\" class=\"content-accordion__trigger js-content-accordion-trigger\" aria-label=\"Functie historie\" aria-controls>\n\t\t<div class=\"content-accordion__heading\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"heading   heading__size--medium heading__font--sans heading__weight--bold\" id=\"nav-functie-historie49\">\n\tFunctie historie<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"content-accordion__icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\t<\/button>\n\n\t<section id=\"content-accordion-panel-4161489718\" class=\"content-accordion__panel js-content-accordion-panel\" aria-hidden=\"true\" aria-labelledby=\"content-accordion-trigger-4161489718\">\n\t\t<div class=\"content-accordion__content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content-accordion__description\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"content-accordion lists content-accordion__lists lists__weight--medium lists__color--black lists__type--default\"><li><label>2026 &#8211; 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