 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Brinkhorst akasarudzwa senhengo yeParamende yeEuropean mushure mesarudzo dzeParamende yeEuropean ya1994, achitora basa musi wa19 Chikunguru 1994. Brinkhorst akagadzwa saGurukota rezvekurima, zvakasikwa uye hove muKhabhineti Kok II zvichitevera kusiya basa kwaHaijo Apotheker, achitora chinzvimbo musi wa9 Chikumi 1999. Muna February 2002 Brinkhorst akazivisa kuti aisazomira musarudzo ya2002. Hurumende Kok II yakasiya basa musi wa 16 Kubvumbi 2002 zvichitevera mhedzisiro yeNIOD mushumo muSrebrenica massacrepanguva yeHondo yeBosnia uye akaramba achishanda ari mubasa rokurega basa. Hurumende Kok II yakatsiviwa neHurumende Balkenende I zvichitevera kuumbwa kwehurumende ya2002 musi wa22 Chikunguru 2002. Brinkhorst semi-akasiya basa kubva mune zvematongerwo enyika uye akazove anoshanda mune yakazvimiririra uye yeruzhinji chikamu uye akashanda semukuru wezvemitemo chipangamazano pa NautaDutilh muBrussels kubva Nyamavhuvhu 2002 kusvika Chivabvu 2003 uye akashanda semupurofesa akasarudzika weHurumende Zvidzidzo uye Hukama Hwenyika Dzese paTilburg University kubva 1 Zvita 2002 kusvika 27 Chivabvu 2003. 